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EXHIBIT 31.1

                                  CERTIFICATION

I, Robert Portman, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-QSB of PacificHealth
Laboratories, Inc.;

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 quarterly
report;

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
small business issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this quarterly
report;

4. The small business issuer's other certifying officers 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 small business issuer 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 small business issuer,
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;

         b) evaluated the effectiveness of the small business issuer's
disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this quarterly report our
conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures,
as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report based on such
evaluation; and

         c) disclosed in this quarterly report any change in the small business
issuer's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the
small business issuer's most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected,
or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the small business issuer's
internal control over financial reporting;

5. The small business issuer's other certifying officers and I have disclosed,
based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
reporting, to the small business issuer's auditors and the audit committee of
the small business issuer'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 small business issuer'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 small business issuer's
internal control over financial reporting.


DATE: November 7, 2003              By: /S/ ROBERT PORTMAN
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                                     Robert Portman,
                                     President and Chief Executive Officer
                                     (Principal Executive Officer)