Pagpag

Pagpag referred to Tagalog the leftovers, the waste picker from containers to restaurants and to the landfills of Philippine collect cities and utilized further. The leftover food is washed and mechanically cleaned, prepared by boiling, frying, seasoning, etc. and then consumed or sold commercially at cookshops.

As a free or at least cheap food option, Pagpag forms the daily livelihood of thousands of people in Metro Manila who are affected by extreme poverty, and offers them a source of protein with its range of otherwise unaffordable meat. Experts rate this diet as unsafe because of its origin and the hygienic conditions during processing. By E. coli , Staphylococcus aureus and Salmonella nausea, vomiting, dehydration and possibly serious consequences may occur.

Web links

• Kyung Lah: 'Garbage chicken' a grim staple for Manila's poor on CNN , May 1, 2012 (accessed April 23, 2013)