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Nutrition and dangers associated with mouldy foods are discussed.

Discussion of why mouldy foods should not be consumed. Includes a brief description of “Aflatoxins”, as well as what consumers can do to assess the risk/benefit ratio when a mouldy food is encountered.


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Some fungi are beneficial and some produce dangerous toxins.  This discusses examples of good and bad fungi in food.

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