Exhibit 99.1

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

     In connection with Amendment No. 2 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K/A of
Rica Foods, Inc. (the "Company") for the period ending September 30, 2002 as
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the
"Report"), I, Calixto Chaves, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify,
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. (S) 1350, as adopted pursuant to (S) 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

     (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.


/s/ Calixto Chaves
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Calixto Chaves
Chief Executive Officer
July 28, 2003

     A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906, or
     other document authenticating, acknowledging, or otherwise adopting the
     signature that appears in typed form within the electronic version of this
     written statement required by Section 906, has been provided to Rica Foods,
     Inc. and will be retained by Rica Foods, Inc. and furnished to the
     Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.