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Exhibit 31.2

                                  CERTIFICATION

I, Stephen P. Kuchen, certify that:

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

7.     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;

8.     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
       quarterly report;

9.     The registrant'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 15a-a5(e)) for the registrant
       and we have:

       d)   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;
       e)   evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant'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 report based
            on such evaluation; and
       f)   disclosed in this quarterly 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.

10.    The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on
       our most recent evaluation of internal controls and financial reporting,
       to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's
       board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):

       c)   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
       d)   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.; and

6.     The registrant's other certifying officers and I have indicated in this
       quarterly report whether or not there were significant changes in
       internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect
       internal controls subsequent to the date of our most recent evaluation,
       including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies
       and material weaknesses.


Date: August 14, 2003

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