Manila, March 17 -- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has supervised the destruction of recalled batches of NAN OPTIPRO and NANKID OPTIPRO milk products to ensure they will no longer reenter the market.

The FDA, in a Facebook post on Tuesday, said the activity was conducted through its Food Product Recall Committee as the final phase of the recall process aimed at guaranteeing proper disposal of affected products.

Its officials, including its spokesperson, the Center Director for Food Regulation and Research and inspectors from the South Luzon Cluster, were present during the on-site witnessing measure on Monday.

The agency said the destruction followed a full protocol, starting with the tagging and verification of recovered produ...