Universe Pharmaceuticals (UPC) 20-F 2022 FY Annual report (foreign)

Exhibit 13.1

CERTIFICATION OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF

THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of Universe Pharmaceuticals INC (the “Company”) on Form 20-F for the year ended September 30, 2022, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Gang Lai, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: February 10, 2023

By:	/s/ Gang Lai
	Name:	Gang Lai
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer