Purity First Health Products of New York is voluntarily recalling vitamins after 29 people were left sick and traces of anabolic steroids have been found, according to reports.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that most of the vitamin contain anabolic steroids which are also known as anabolic-androgenic steroids or AAS or performance enhancing drugs.
Recalled vitamins include: two lots of Healthy Life Chemistry B-50 -- 100 capsules -- one lot of Healthy Life Chemistry Multi-Mineral -- 200 capsules -- and all lot numbers for Healthy Life Chemistry Vitamin C -- 200 capsules.
The B-50 capsules were tested by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and have been found to contain Methasterone, a schedule III controlled substance, and Dimethazine, a designer steroid. The Multi-Mineral and Vitamin C capsules appear to indicate the presence of Dimethyltestosterone, used by bodybuilders, the FDA said.
Candice Tripp, the owner of the company, denies that her product is dangerous, citing she's been in the busing for over 20 years and has plenty of experience.
"I have had hundreds of people take this product," Tripp said, adding that the product has been on the market between five and eight years. "I've never had a consumer complaint until this year in February."
"I feel that there would be a lot of more people sick if it was my B-50," Tripp added. "Can it react adversely to people? Absolutely, but from what I'm being told you'd get more sick from knowing what's in Coca Cola than you would ever get from what's in these B-50s."
She blames the manufacturer possibly not cleaning the equipment properly for the problem.
"The testing that the FDA has sent me, it is such a minute amount, it's residue, it's not like it was added, which means to me the equipment he used wasn't cleaned enough," Tripp said.
