VYSTAR CORPORATION - 10-Q/A

Exhibit
31.1



CERTIFICATION
OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE

SARBANES-OXLEY
ACT OF 2002



I,
Steven Rotman, certify that:



|1. | I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Vystar Corporation (the “Company”) for the quarter ended March 31, 2018;
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|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;
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|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 Company as of, and for, the periods presented
    in this report;
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|4. | I
    am 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 Company and I have:
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| | a) | Designed
    such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under my supervision
    to ensure that material information relating to the Company is made known to me by others within those entities, particularly
    during the period in which this report is being prepared;
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| | b) | Designed
    such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under
    my 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;
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| | c) | Evaluated
    the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report my 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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| | d) | Disclosed
    in this report any change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Company’s
    most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s
    internal control over financial reporting.
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|5. | I
    have disclosed, based on my most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Company’s auditors
    and the audit committee of the Company’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
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| | 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 Company’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 Company’s
    internal control over financial reporting.
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|Date:
    May 21, 2018 | By: | /s/
    Steven Rotman                                                       
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|                       |     | President,
    Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Director