According to a plea agreement filed Wednesday in United States District Court in San Jose, California, a sports nutrition company in California, VMG Global, has pleaded guilty of selling dietary supplements spiked with anabolic steroids.
VMG Global pleaded guilty to charges of introducing unapproved drugs into intestate commerce with an intention to mislead [...]
October 21, 2010 | Posted in
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According to a new legislation unveiled recently by Senator Orrin Hatch, dietary supplements spiked with anabolic steroids will be examined by food inspectors will be working closely with agents of the drug enforcement.
The bill is supported by major dietary supplement industry associations and players’ associations for Major League Baseball and the [...]
July 26, 2010 | Posted in
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Three steroids were previously marked as dietary supplements but sold on the shelves of nutrition stores were recently classified as controlled substances by the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Madol and two other drugs, boldione and 19-nor-4,9(10)-Androstadienedione, were the drugs classified as steroids.
Travis Tygart, the head of the United States Anti-Doping Agency, said his agency has discovered at [...]
July 8, 2010 | Posted in
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The NPA (Natural Products Association) has issued a statement in response to the U.S. Justice Department Drug Enforcement Agency’s (DEA) classification of boldione, desoxymethyltestosterone, and 19-nor-4,9(10)-androstadienedione as “anabolic steroids“‘ under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). This statement was conveyed by John Gay, executive director and CEO of the NPA, the oldest and largest trade association [...]
January 21, 2010 | Posted in
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Strict enforcement measures and prosecution to the full extent of the law are the most effective ways to stop criminals from supplying steroids masquerading as dietary supplements, as per Daniel Fabricant, Ph.D., interim executive director and CEO of the Natural Products Association (NPA).
Fabricant appeared in a Senate hearing in September before the Subcommittee on Crime [...]
January 17, 2010 | Posted in
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The presence of hormonal components in over-the-counter dietary supplements can result in a reduction in the effectiveness of anti-cancer drugs and progression of prostate cancer getting promoted, as per researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
The findings, which appear in today’s issue of Clinical Cancer Research, endorsed the fact that patients must communicate well in advance [...]
December 23, 2009 | Posted in
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John Gay, executive director and CEO of the Natural Products Association (NPA), the oldest and largest trade association with representation of dietary supplements and other natural products, released a statement to the U.S. Justice Department Drug Enforcement Agency’s (DEA) classification of boldione, desoxymethyltestosterone, and 19-nor-4,9(10)-androstadienedione as “anabolic steroids“‘ under the Controlled Substances Act.
From News-Medical.Net:
“The Natural [...]
December 14, 2009 | Posted in
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According to researchers at the Henry Ford Hospital, three cases have come into knowledge pertaining to side effects noticed after using steroid-enriched dietary supplements. These cases have been discussed at large in the current issue of The Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology and were concerned with patients suffering from liver injury and renal failure.
It is worth [...]
December 3, 2009 | Posted in
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The US Food and Drug Administration showed how powerless they are when it comes to regulation of dietary supplements. Many of those unregulated dietary supplements are still popular in Boston area, especially among bodybuilders and athletes.
Based on the current law, FDA can only take actions after the agency receives report or complaints from consumers on [...]
November 12, 2009 | Posted in
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently told the Congress that it had limited powers for inhibiting the sale of dietary supplements with steroids from hitting the market shelves.
From News.Yahoo.com:
“FDA generally cannot identify violative products before they enter the marketplace,” said Michael Levy, director of the FDA’s division of new drugs and labeling compliance, at [...]
October 24, 2009 | Posted in
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