iFORCE Nutrition Raided

**Prince** · 10-04-2009, 01:30 PM

iFORCE Nutrition Raided

The tentacles of the federal crackdown on over-the-counter nutritional supplements laced with anabolic steroids reached into San Diego County last week, when a Vista company was raided amid suspicions it is manufacturing and selling illegal substances.

A search warrant affidavit issued Sept. 24 for iFORCE Nutrition's Vista offices and warehouse at 1305 Hot Spring Way appears to be part of a larger federal probe into tainted supplements. That day, the Idaho headquarters of Bodybuilding.com — believed to be the largest online national distributor of supplements — also was raided.

Four of the products identified in the Idaho investigation came from iFORCE Nutrition, according to court documents. Also according to those documents, a Food and Drug Administration lab found they contained various anabolic steroids. One of them is Madol or DMT, a powerful designer steroid used by elite athletes.

David Nelson, the owner of iFORCE Nutrition, did not return a phone message left at his San Marcos home.

“These are significant steps, but unfortunately even after these raids you can still purchase Madol on places like Amazon.com , like we did on Sunday,” said Travis Tygart, CEO of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency. “The fact that the FDA has no notice on any of the ingredients coming into the market doesn't allow them to effectively regulate them.

“It's a true whack-a-mole approach.”

On Tuesday, Tygart testified at a congressional hearing that examined the abuse of the dietary supplement laws. And in July, the FDA issued a public health advisory for bodybuilding supplements claiming to deliver steroid-like results.

“Adverse event reports received by the FDA . . . include cases of serious liver injury, stroke, kidney failure and pulmonary embolism,” the July 28 advisory says.

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Prince IronMagLabs Owner Administrator Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Colorado Posts: 37,396 Photos: 356	iFORCE Nutrition Raided iFORCE Nutrition Raided The tentacles of the federal crackdown on over-the-counter nutritional supplements laced with anabolic steroids reached into San Diego County last week, when a Vista company was raided amid suspicions it is manufacturing and selling illegal substances. A search warrant affidavit issued Sept. 24 for iFORCE Nutrition's Vista offices and warehouse at 1305 Hot Spring Way appears to be part of a larger federal probe into tainted supplements. That day, the Idaho headquarters of Bodybuilding.com — believed to be the largest online national distributor of supplements — also was raided. Four of the products identified in the Idaho investigation came from iFORCE Nutrition, according to court documents. Also according to those documents, a Food and Drug Administration lab found they contained various anabolic steroids. One of them is Madol or DMT, a powerful designer steroid used by elite athletes. David Nelson, the owner of iFORCE Nutrition, did not return a phone message left at his San Marcos home. “These are significant steps, but unfortunately even after these raids you can still purchase Madol on places like Amazon.com , like we did on Sunday,” said Travis Tygart, CEO of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency. “The fact that the FDA has no notice on any of the ingredients coming into the market doesn't allow them to effectively regulate them. “It's a true whack-a-mole approach.” On Tuesday, Tygart testified at a congressional hearing that examined the abuse of the dietary supplement laws. And in July, the FDA issued a public health advisory for bodybuilding supplements claiming to deliver steroid-like results. “Adverse event reports received by the FDA . . . include cases of serious liver injury, stroke, kidney failure and pulmonary embolism,” the July 28 advisory says. source BOARD SPONSORS: MassNutrition.com - Discount Supplement Superstore IronMagLabs.com - Bodybuilding Nutrition AlltheWhey.com - Bulk Protein Powders & Supplements CEMProducts.com - Research Chemicals & Supplements MusclesProd.com - Steroids, Bodybuilding & Training Blog Maximizer.com - Maximum Strength for Maximum Performance MikeGetsRipped.com - The Original 'Get Ripped' Blog ProteinRoutine.com - Experiments in Healthy Living Follow on Twitter Join Facebook Group Befriend on Myspace

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