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May 30, 2023 · Pagpag is the Tagalog term for leftover or trash foods salvaged from garbage and re-cooked for consumption by the poorest Filipinos in the slum districts of Metro Manila. Despite being considered a survival food and a symbol of the poor Filipinos’ resilience, pagpag has become a controversial issue due to the health risks ...
Apr 24, 2023 · With food prices rising relentlessly, Manila’s poorest residents are increasingly resorting to eating “pagpag”, a stew cooked with scraps of meat and bones scavenged from rubbish bins that is...
Pagpag is the Tagalog term for leftover food from restaurants (usually from fast food restaurants) scavenged from garbage sites and dumps. [1] [2] Pagpag food can also be expired frozen meat, fish, or vegetables discarded by supermarkets and scavenged in garbage trucks where this expired food is collected. [3]
Consuming pagpag leads to stunted growth in children and increases risks of hepatitis A, cholera and typhoid — but eating it is a fact of life in Philippine slums. South China Morning Post ...
Apr 30, 2024 · At its core, pagpag refers to leftover food—often sourced from restaurants, fast-food chains, or markets—that has been discarded, then salvaged, cleaned, and recooked for consumption.
Feb 26, 2024 · Pagpag stands as an ingenious survival food innovation devised by the most impoverished Filipinos, symbolizing their unwavering resilience in combating hunger amidst food insecurity.
May 28, 2013 · Pagpag is the local term for these leftovers found in the mounds of garbage and disposal sites in the Philippines. It is a quintessential staple for the poorest of the poor and is not only a means to nourish and sustain but has become trade and livelihood for those who dare capitalize on it.
Apr 30, 2012 · CNN — Felipa Fabon waits outside a local fried chicken restaurant in Manila. Crouching near to feral cats and rubbish bins, she isn’t there to meet friends for dinner but to search through the...
Mar 16, 2014 · In the Philippines, these recycled meals are called “pagpag,” which roughly translates to “dusted off food.” Families scour dumpsites for what appears to be “still edible.”
Mar 17, 2014 · Recycled leftover food or pagpag – mostly from fastfood chain trash – nourishes many of the country’s poor. Picked up from garbage trucks that bring them to dump sites, leftover parts of...
