NBTY, INC AND SUBSIDIARIES
                                Exhibit 99.2
                          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 Quarterly Report of NBTY, Inc. (the "Company") on
Form 10-Q for the period ending June 30, 2002 as filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Harvey Kamil,
Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
of 2002, that:

      (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 result of
            operations of the Company.


/s/ Harvey Kamil


Harvey Kamil
Chief Financial Officer
August 7, 2002