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Exhibit 31.2

I, Stephen P. Kuchen, certify that:

1.   I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-QSB of PacificHealth
     Laboratories, 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 small business issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this
     report;

4.   The small business issuer's other certifying officer 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)) and internal control
     over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and
     15d-15(f)) 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 report is being prepared;
         (b)   Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or
               caused such internal control over financial reporting to be
               designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance
               regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
               preparation of financial statements for external purposes in
               accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
         (c)   Evaluated the effectiveness of the small business issuer's
               disclosure controls and procedures and presented in the 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
         (d)   Disclosed in this 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; and

5.   The small business issuer's other certifying officer 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 small business issuer's board of directors (or persons performing the
     equivalent function):

         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: August 12, 2004

/S/ STEPHEN P. KUCHEN
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Stephen P. Kuchen, Chief Financial Officer
and Vice President, Finance