Company pleads guilty to adding steroids in products marketed as dietary supplements.
The New York Times (1/21, B2, Schmidt, Singer) reports sports nutrition company VMG Global "pleaded guilty on Wednesday to selling products under the guise of dietary supplements that had been illegally spiked with steroids, according to court documents." The company "pleaded guilty to one charge of introducing unapproved drugs into interstate commerce with the intent to defraud and mislead, according to a plea agreement filed Wednesday." VMG Global "agreed to pay penalties of up to $500,000," and will "destroy its remaining inventory of the two products."
Sunday, January 24, 2010
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