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  2. What happens if you eat mold? Food safety experts share which ...

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    Discard all food growing mold. Do not sniff moldy food (to avoid inhaling spores) Clean any surfaces and containers moldy food has touched. Refrigerate all perishables at 40 degrees or lower.

  3. Aflatoxin - Wikipedia

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    The presence of those molds does not always indicate that harmful levels of aflatoxin are present, but does indicate a significant risk. The molds can colonize and contaminate food before harvest or during storage, especially following prolonged exposure to a high-humidity environment, or to stressful conditions such as drought. Aflatoxin ...

  4. Here's What Actually Happens If You Eat Mold

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    "Mold spores are everywhere, and when spores land on food in a dark, warm and/or moist environment, they start to grow and reproduce," says Jessica Gavin, a certified culinary scientist ...

  5. Mold health issues - Wikipedia

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    Mycotoxin-contaminated grain and other food products have a significant impact on human and animal health globally. According to the World Health Organization, roughly 25% of the world's food may be contaminated by mycotoxins. [58] Prevention of mold exposure from food is generally to consume food that has no mold growths on it. [48]

  6. Mold - Wikipedia

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    Molds can also grow on stored food for animals and humans, making the food unpalatable or toxic and are thus a major source of food losses and illness. [11] Many strategies for food preservation (salting, pickling, jams, bottling, freezing, drying) are to prevent or slow mold growth as well as the growth of other microbes.

  7. 5 Moldy Foods That Won't Kill You (and 5 You Should ...

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    Potatoes: Safe. A moldy potato is still salvageable in most cases. Follow the same general rule for potatoes that you would for a hard vegetable by cutting off about an inch around the mold.

  8. Food spoilage - Wikipedia

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    Food spoilage is the process where a food product becomes unsuitable to ingest by the consumer. The cause of such a process is due to many outside factors as a side-effect of the type of product it is, as well as how the product is packaged and stored.

  9. Food contaminant - Wikipedia

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    A food contaminant is a harmful chemical or microorganism present in food, which can cause illness to the consumer. Contaminated food . The impact of chemical contaminants on consumer health and well-being is often apparent only after many years of processing and prolonged exposure at low levels (e.g., cancer). Unlike food-borne pathogens ...