Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, October 3) — The Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Wednesday destroyed four containers of goods donated for the victims of Typhoon Yolanda in Mandaue City, Cebu.

The destroyed goods include clothes, diapers, toiletries, medical supplies and canned goods from Belgium, Norway and the United States transported to Cebu in 2014.

BOC-Cebu District Collector Elvira Cruz said the canned goods and medicines are already expired.

The clothes, meanwhile, were not distributed or donated to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) since doing so is prohibited under a memorandum released in 2011 that bans the acceptance of forfeited used clothing.

The bureau refused to release an estimation of the value of the destroyed items, as the consignees did not file an "import entry" that determines the value of shipped goods.

The BOC can destruct or condemn harmful and prohibited goods as stated under Republic Act No. 10863 or the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act.

CNN Philippines stringer Dale Israel contributed to this report.