BD was imo was a great lab however they stopped manufacturing their products in 2006 therefore anything that has a manufacture date after 2006 is fake. Also I i may be wrong here but if i read correctly they only put a shelf life of 3 yrs on their product, meaning that if you have a Man. date of 2006 and a exp date of 2011 or 2013 then its fake as well. However it may be 5 yrs, i dont remember which one it is, but i do know its not 7 yrs. Also if you still have the box it comes in theres a 12digit code that you can input on their website to see if its real. They have been talking about starting up production again last year, not sure if they were up n running. So if your gear is fake I wouldnt put it in your body not knowing what it is, i mean it still may be gear with whoever is selling it just using their brand name to help sales but why take the chance.