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EX-21.1 - EXHIBIT 21.1 - NBTY INCa2195566zex-21_1.htm
EX-10.27 - EXHIBIT 10.27 - NBTY INCa2195566zex-10_27.htm
EX-12.1 - EXHIBIT 12.1 - NBTY INCa2195566zex-12_1.htm
EX-10.28 - EXHIBIT 10.28 - NBTY INCa2195566zex-10_28.htm
EX-31.1 - EXHIBIT 31.1 - NBTY INCa2195566zex-31_1.htm
EX-32.1 - EXHIBIT 32.1 - NBTY INCa2195566zex-32_1.htm
EX-31.2 - EXHIBIT 31.2 - NBTY INCa2195566zex-31_2.htm
EX-23.1 - EXHIBIT 23.1 - NBTY INCa2195566zex-23_1.htm
EX-10.26 - EXHIBIT 10.26 - NBTY INCa2195566zex-10_26.htm
EX-10.25 - EXHIBIT 10.25 - NBTY INCa2195566zex-10_25.htm

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Exhibit 32.2


CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

        In connection with the Annual Report of NBTY, Inc. (the "Company") on Form 10-K for the period ended September 30, 2009, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Harvey Kamil, President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to §906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the best of my knowledge and belief:

        (1)   The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

        (2)   The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.


/s/ HARVEY KAMIL

Harvey Kamil
President and Chief Financial Officer
November 30, 2009

 

 



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CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002