**EXHIBIT        31.1**

**Certifications**

| 1.   | I                  have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-QSB of Universal                  Food &                  Beverage Company; |
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| 2.   | Based                  on my knowledge, this quarterly 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; |
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| 3.   | Based                  on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial                  information                  included in this quarterly 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; |
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| 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 we have: |
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| 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 quarterly                  report is                  being prepared; |
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| 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 |
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| 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 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely                  to                  materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial                  reporting; and |
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| 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 registrant’s board                of directors (or persons performing the equivalent                function): |
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| a.   | all                significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in                the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting                which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability                to record, process, summarize and report financial information;                and |
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| 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. |
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| Date:                 November 14, 2005 |                                                                                                                                                  | /s/                 Duane N. Martin |
|                                         |                        Duane N.                  Martin                                                                      |
|                                         |                        Chief Executive Officer and                          Chief Financial Officer |