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EXHIBIT 31.2

        CERTIFICATION I, Ira J. Lamel, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this annual
report on Form 10-K of The Hain Celestial Group, 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  registrant as of, and for, the periods  presented in this
report;

4. 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  15d-15(e))  for the  registrant 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  registrant,  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) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and
procedures and presented in this 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
     (c)  Disclosed  in this  report  any  change in the  registrant's  internal
control over financial  reporting  that occurred  during the  registrant's  most
recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's  fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an
annual  report)  that  has  materially  affected,  or is  reasonably  likely  to
materially affect, the registrant's  internal control over financial  reporting;
and

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

Date: September 26, 2003

/s/_Ira J. Lamel______________
Ira J. Lamel
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer