If you have ever stared at a moldy piece of bread and a fuzziness is viewed you are looking at colonies of spores. Spores ...

Food mould is microscopic fungi. They reproduce by releasing spores into the air, and when they fall on to food that’s starting to turn, they can grow. Mould is made up of a hair-like branching ...

State, city and county inspectors have cited Iowa restaurants and stores for hundreds of food-safety violations during the ...

We've all encountered moldy food before, whether it's a rogue berry covered in gray fuzz or a green-speckled slice of bread.

It depends. Food safety scientist at the CSIRO Rozita Vaskoska says, "you can only cut the mould off if the food is really hard." Dr Vaskoska uses the example of a hard cheese, and says some hard ...

State, city and county inspectors have cited Quad-City area restaurants and stores in Iowa for food-safety violations during ...

28 visit, a state inspector found items in the walk-in cooler — including pumpkin puree and diced cheese — that were adulterated with a mold-like substance. Also, several food items in the ...

"The vinegar will remove bacteria and prevent mould, making your berries last for weeks. You won't believe how much dirt and sometimes bugs come off your berries." A food safety expert has ...

raw fish vacuum packed in the same machine where ready-to-eat foods were vacuum packed with no documented cleaning and disinfection procedure or cleaning schedule in place for the vacuum packer; damp ...

She recalls the unfortunate outcome: "The excess heat from the two appliances, plus the moisture locked in the plastic bag, created the perfect storm for mould to grow. Everything in that drawer ...