Pagpag

Pagpag referred to in Tagalog, the food remains, collect the garbage viewfinder from containers to restaurants and to the landfills of the Philippine cities and further use them. The food particles are washed and cleaned mechanically processed by boiling, frying, seasoning, etc., and even eaten or sold commercially in food stalls.

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