At the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, on Wednesday U.S. Marshals seized more than $1,301,712 of dietary supplements from LG Sciences, LLC, of Brighton, Mich., because the products contain unapproved food additives and/or new dietary ingredients that cause the products to violate the law. Labeled as dietary supplements, the products are marketed for use by body builders.

The dietary supplements seized were marketed and distributed on-line and in retail stores under the names "Methyl 1-D," "Methyl 1-D XL," and "Formadrol Extreme XL."

The seized products previously were tested and found to contain one or more unapproved food additives and/or new dietary ingredients for which there is inadequate information to provide reasonable assurance that the ingredients do not present a significant or unreasonable risk of illness or injury.

"The FDA takes seriously its responsibility to protect Americans from unsafe dietary supplements," said Margaret Glavin, FDA's Associate Commissioner of the Office of Regulatory Affairs. "Wednesday's action shows FDA's commitment to protecting consumers from potentially harmful products."

"Working with the FDA, we are taking prompt civil action to protect the public health by seizing these illegal products and forestalling their shipment into the stream of commerce in any manner that could create harm to the public," said U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Murphy. "I commend the professionalism and swift action of the FDA investigators who discovered and investigated this serious problem, and I am glad our lawyers could provide the legal muscle needed to support the seizure."

FDA has not received scientific information on the safety of the seized products and cannot determine, at this time, whether they represent a hazard to consumers. Therefore, consumers who still have the products should strongly consider discussing the use of these products with their health care professionals. FDA also recommends that consumers consult their health care professionals if they have experienced any adverse events that they suspect are related to the products' use. Consumers and health care professionals can report adverse events to the FDA's MedWatch program at 800-FDA-1088 or online at www.FDA.gov/medwatch/report.htm.

On March 2006, the FDA warned Legal Gear (the predecessor of LG Sciences) to cease distribution of a different product that was marketed as a dietary supplement but was actually an unapproved new drug containing synthetic steroids.

http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01815.html

And no, I don't know why it says 2007 on the FDA site; this is on their home page at the top of News & Events, though.

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.p...8251&page=2

so what happens when the fed's realize they made a mistake? Do they just hand over the million dollars worth of product and say "my bad"?

I just don't understand how the FDA would mobilize a team of people and spend an entire afternoon hauling away a bunch of stuff and making a real scene simply because someone forgot to tell them that 6oxo and atd are perfectly fine.

Because the MO for federal enforcement agencies like the FDA is to swoop in, seize stuff, make a big splash and the issue a press release. After the dust settles, you end up with some small fines and big legal bills but this never makes the paper. Keeps people thinking they are doing their job.

gotcha...

This holds true for almost all federal employment, regardless of the agency/department.

Except that when the FBI busts down your door and takes everything into evidence, even if they figure out you've done nothing wrong your life will never be the same. With the bigger companies it seems like the FDA makes this big scene and then the next day it's business as usual.

And people ask why we dont carry much grey area shit

LG Sciences Public Response

http://anabolicminds.com/forum/supplements...tml#post1290168

Don't know it if was FDA or who, but they did this to a well known alternative doc Jonathan V. Wright, M.D. who practices in the seattle area. Apparently it was carried out swat style and they confiscated $$$ supps (his has a large practice).

My post was in reference to federal employees choosing to appear like they are performing their jobs, rather than actually doing them. Not the consequences of their tactics.

Any updates here?

Not really.
-People started calling each other snitches in the BB.com version of this thread
-LG wanted PA/Rich Gaspari to share their facts on 6-OXO and ATD's DSHEA compliance
-PA refused because LG doesn't purchase theirs from him so it's not his problem(and LG didn't contribute anything to the USFA back in the day)
-Lots of insults, most of which were quite comical
-PA, Deserusan, and a few others ended up banned
-Thread got deleted
-Not much from LG has been said since the initial public response.

Various Quotes(not in order or from same thread):

Wow. BB.com is hella ban happy. That place is continually going down hill with all their bans (among other things).

http://anabolicminds.com/forum/supplements...tml#post1296893

A lot of supplements being sold are not DSHEA compliant, but the law is broad and gives the FDA discretion as to who to prosecute and when.

If a product had not been marketed and sold as a dietary supplement prior to 1994, it is considered a "new ingredient" and requires submission of New Dietary Safety Information to the FDA for review at least 75 days prior to be introduced into the market (21 U.S.C 321). You can view most of the safety information submitted on the FDA website, though most detailed content is omitted due to copyright/trade secret concerns. The onus is on the seller of a potential "new ingredient" to show under the statutory requirements that 1. the product is in fact a "dietary supplement" and 2. that the product is safe for human consumption. When new ingredients are discovered and sold, the legal requirements of DSHEA compliance are often overlooked due to lack of enforcement.

i find it amusing that this came out on the same day as the greek doping scandal