Andre Berto probably used contaminated dietary supplements

The professional boxer Andre Berto tested positive for Nandrolone. The drug testing was conducted by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Agency (VADA).
 He had to meet Victor Ortiz on June 23, 2012 in Los Angeles. Andre Berto agreed to submit to random drug testing before the match. Both “A” and “B” urine samples indicated about application of Nandrolone.
It was already the second time this month, when the VADA tested fighters and caught them administering steroids. The first of them was the boxer Lamont Peterson. He had to meet Amir Khan. It is quite ironically that Peterson requested random blood and urine testing. The drug test conducted by the VADA manifested that Peterson had testosterone of exogenous origin some weeks before the fight.
Financial position of certain companies was affected due to tests conducted by the VADA. For example, Golden Boy Promotions lost great potential profit due to Lamont Peterson’s positives. It was defined by Richard Schaeffer, the CEO of Golden Boy Promotions, that the company lost 250, 000 dollars.
The cancelation of the fight between Andre Berto and Victor Ortiz will probably not cost so much because Andre Berto will be possibly replaced by another boxer who will fight against Ortiz.
As for the boxer Andre Berto, he didn’t explain why he tested positive. He hired the attorney Howard Jacobs that would represent and defeat him.
Berto claimed that he had never taken steroids. Thus, he claimed that he investigated with his attorney what could cause positives for steroids. Berto concluded that he had never cheated; he achieved success in sport due to hard trainings and dedication.
The attorney Howard Jacobs represented many other athletes who turned out to be victims of fake food supplements.
It is confirmed that since the steroid Nandrolone has too long half life and it is detected easily, it is not widespread among doping sportspersons. But it has been manifested many times that some nutritional supplements contained the compound nandrolone which caused positives for steroids. But since sometimes not every compound is written on the label, athletes become victims of contaminated dietary supplements.