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You're starting with the presumption that his supplement was not tainted, the tainted is used to suggest that the same machine that the manufacturer used to pack his supplement pill was used before to pack a pill that contained turinabol, we often see warnings on products that don't contain egg on their formula, and yet the manufacturer advice that it might contain traces of egg/shrimp/peanut/whatever, so they're not reliable if some alergic dude chokes and die from eating something that he was supposedly allowed.
That happens all the time, when you buy an aspiring it is 98% aspirin and 2% pick-your-guess (it's not exactly like that, they have machines solely dedicated to create aspirins in a large industry complex, while supplements are way more homegrown than that, but I hope you got the idea), hence why fighters like to pursue this probability, but then Jones would have to ask manufacturer where could he other pack of the same supplement and if possible same lot, from there if they find trace amounts of turinabol at it they have reasonable doubt, and have to let him go unscathed.
Other possibility is the manufacturer willfully omitting important information, for example we have ephedrine, which is prohibitted in plenty of countries, so the manufacturer just add a little bit to give it a boost and nobody except people who are going to checked by USADA will care for.
Beware that I'm not trying to defend Jones, but people are often too eager to cut the defendant any slack and jump directly to the conclusion that the fighter was well aware and had the intent to cheat, that is not fair.
Still it is a far shot to try and find a tainted supplement linked to the same supplement Jones took, but if they manage to do so in a valid legal method he do deserve the in dubio pro reo. (Benefit of doubt)
This behavior of not declaring his supplements is kinda strange, had him at least declared his legal supplements he could use it as a culprit/escapegoat on this PED talk, we have still to know why, and it pretty much serves as a proof against him.
thing to bear in mind, USADA have only found seven supplements ever that contained turinabol.
And in all seven instances it was obvious either by the packaging (Words like anabolic on the label), or the ingredients (actually listing prohibited substances) that they contained banned substances.
usada have never found a supplement containing turinabol that looked "innocent" in any way