MANILA, Philippines -- Senator Loren Legarda has cut her ties with the importer and distributor of Lucida-DS after the Department of Health-Bureau of Food and Drugs recently ordered a product recall of the skin whitening pill for failing to meet the minimum glutathione content.

In a terse statement, Legarda ordered United Shelter Health Products to dismantle all its billboards within 24 hours and explain to the public the adverse findings of the DOH-BFAD. Gil C. Cabacungan Jr.