Exhibit 32.1

HANOVER FOODS CORPORATION

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

Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 ( Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code), each of the undersigned officers of Hanover Foods Corporation (the “Company”), does hereby certify with respect to the Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-K (Amendment No. 1) for the period ended May 30, 2004 (the “Report”) 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.

Date: September 30, 2004

/s/ John A. Warehime

John A.Warehime

Chief Executive Officer

The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code) and is not being filed as part of the Report or as a separate disclosure document.