Cheryl Floyd, Misbranded Drugs, Pennsylvania 2014

Defendant Charged with Selling Misbranded Drugs in Pennsylvania

Cheryl Floyd, 52, of Harrisburg, has been charged with introducing misbranded drugs into interstate commerce and money laundering, according to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.

According to authorities, Floyd, also known as Cheryl Floyd Brown, is the owner and operator of Floyd Nutrition LLC, an internet-based business based at her Harrisburg residence and warehouse facilities in the Harrisburg area.

The items offered for sale between 2010 and 2014 were purported all-natural dietary supplements sold as weight loss products, but allegedly contained the drugs sibutramine and phenolphthalein, which are not listed as ingredients on the product labels.

Sibutramine was the active pharmaceutical ingredient in Meridia, a prescription weight loss drug removed from the market in 2010 following studies that showed increased heart attack and stroke in the studied population. Phenolphthalein was an over-the-counter drug until 1999 when the FDA reclassified it as not generally safe because it posed a carcinogenic risk.

The FDA has detained shipments of the products coming from China intended for Floyd’s business. In July 2014, search warrants executed at locations used by Floyd’s business resulted in the seizure of a large quantity of the products. The products were sold over the internet under the names Slim Trim U, ZXT Slim Bee Pollen, Magic Slim, ZXT Bee Pollen, ZXT Gold Infinity, Lean Body Extreme, Bnew Beauty and Body and Natural Body Solutions.

As part of the charges, the government is seeking forfeitures of properties in Harrisburg owned by the defendant, a truck, and nine bank accounts. The defendant has agreed to forfeit the properties as part of a plea agreement.

The case was investigated by the FDA Office of Criminal Investigations, Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigations, and the Dauphin County Drug Task Force. It is assigned to Assistant U.S. Attorney Christy H. Fawcett.

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