Coria 'lost $12 million'

THE lawyer for Guillermo Coria told a jury yesterday the Argentine player had lost two seasons, millions of dollars and his reputation because of "sloppy manufacturing" that tainted a multi-vitamin with a steroid.

Trace amounts of a steroid not listed on the label led to a positive doping test and a mandatory suspension for Coria, who climbed as high as third in the ATP rankings, Coria's lawyer Will Nystrom said yesterday.

"To make matters worse, Guillermo was branded as a cheater," Nystrom told the eight-person jury in New Brunswick, New Jersey, hearing Coria's case against Universal Nutrition, maker of a multivitamin the player took.

If Coria prevails, experts believe it would be the first time a world-class professional athlete proved that a positive test for performance-enhancing drugs was caused by product contamination.

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FDA Publishes Final Rules for Good Manufacturing Practices for ...

(Austin, TX.) June 22, 2007. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today that it has published final regulations for Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) for dietary supplements. In a conference call with members of the dietary supplement industry, consumer groups, academic organizations and other stakeholders, officials of the FDA explained the publication of the long-awaited final rules.

"The final rule will help ensure that dietary supplements are manufactured with controls that result in a consistent product free of contamination, with accurate labeling," said Robert E. Brackett, PhD, director of FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, in a press release distributed by the FDA just after the conference call.

“This is a long-awaited and welcome development," said Mark Blumenthal, Founder and Executive Director of the American Botanical Council, an independent, nonprofit, science education organization dealing with herbs and herbal products in Austin, Texas.

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