Two 'supplement' companies plead guilty to mislabeling steroids.

Two western companies pleaded guilty in federal court in Boise on Thursday to mislabeling synthetic steroids as dietary supplements and unlawfully selling them across state lines.

DCD, LLC, also known as Advanced Muscle Science, has offices in California as does R & D Holdings. Both companies distributed their products to a large Internet-based retailer headquartered in Meridian and maintain warehouses in Boise.

The companies were charged with introduction and delivery into interstate commerce drugs that were misbranded with the intent to defraud. The felony charge carries a maximum fine of $500,000.

The companies pleaded guilty as part of an agreement with the U.S. Attorney for Idaho, according to a release. That agreement recommends that DCD, LLC pay a $125,000 fine and R & D pay a $21,000 fine.

Sentencing is set for January.

In 2009, Meridian-based online dietary supplement retailer Bodybuilding.com agreed with the Food and Drug Administration to recall 65 products after an investigation revealed the products, including those distributed by DCD, LLC and R & D Holdings, contain or may contain steroids.

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