##### 



EXHIBIT 31.1

CERTIFICATION

I, James W. Bracke, certify that:



| | 1. |  | I have reviewed this amendment no. 1 to annual
report on Form 10-K of Lifecore Biomedical, Inc.;                                                                                                                                                                                                          
| | -- |  | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| | 2. |  | Based on my knowledge, this report does not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact necessary to make the statements made,
in light of the circumstances under which such statements were
made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by
this report;
|
| | 3. |  | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements,
and other financial information included in this report,
fairly present in all material respects the financial
condition, results of operations and cash flows of the
registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
report;                   
|
| | 4. |  | The registrants other certifying officer(s) and
I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure
controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:                                                                            

(a)      Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision,
to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including
its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being
prepared;

(b)      Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure
controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions
about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of
the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation;
and

(c)      Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants internal
control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrants
most recent fiscal quarter (the registrants fourth fiscal quarter in the
case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably
likely to materially affect, the registrants internal control over
financial reporting; and



| | 5. |  | The registrants other certifying officer(s) and
I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of
internal control over financial reporting, to the registrants
auditors and the audit committee of the registrants board of
directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
| | -- |  | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

(a)      All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which
are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrants ability to
record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b)      Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
other employees who have a significant role in the registrants internal
control over financial reporting.

Date: October 2, 2003

| |                                                                                                                |  |                    
| | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | -------------------
| | By                                                                                                             |  | /s/ JAMES W. BRACKE
| |                                                                                                                |  |                    
| | James W. Bracke, Ph.D.President, Chief Executive Officer
(principal executive officer), Secretary and Director