EXHIBIT 99.2
                            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 the Quarterly Report of Northfield Laboratories Inc.
on Form 10-Q for the period ended August 31, 2002 as filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Jack J. Kogut,
Chief Financial Officer of Northfield Laboratories Inc., certify, pursuant to 18
U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 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 Northfield Laboratories Inc.


Date: October 15, 2002


/s/ JACK J. KOGUT
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Jack J. Kogut
Chief Financial Officer