Manila, Sept. 3 -- The Fertilizer and Pesticides Authority (FPA) 13 (Caraga) on Wednesday reported the results of its August clean-up drive operations involving 16 business firms selling fertilizer and pesticide products in Agusan del Norte and Surigao del Sur.

"The clean-up drive aims to ensure safe and quality fertilizer and pesticide products in business establishments," the FPA-13 said in its report.

During the operations, the agency issued Stop Use, Stop Move, Stop Sale (SUMS) orders for 1,220 products, and an additional 1,122 products were found to have expired.

The report also revealed that 52 products had expired Certificates of Product Registration (CPR), 45 had expired Licenses to Operate, and one was involved in unauthorized...