Why Do We Eat Spoiled Food?

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References
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FAO (2006) Good hygiene practices along the coffee chain.
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Image Credits
1. Rotten apple - Rafal Olkis / Shutterstock
2. Apple - Abhijit Tembhekar
3. Cheese - Dieter Seeger
4. Chocolate - Flickr user jules
5. Bacteria - US Naval Research Laboratory
6. Kid eating chocolate - Zurijeta / Shutterstock
7. Woman with coffee - beginwithaspin / Shutterstock
8. Bread is torn in half - Laboko / Shutterstock
9. Rotten Meat - arc15 user The_Camp_Ninja
10. Salami - André Karwath
11. Decomposed Meat - Youtube user agnozja
12. Inside cacao - Irene Scott/AusAID
13. Cocoa Beans - Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
14. Cocoa Beans 2 - Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
15. Chocolate - Peter Pearson
16. Gorgonzola - Formaggio Kitchen
27. Feet - Wikimedia user Kayau
18. Fish Sauce - Wikimedia user Lord Mountbatten
19. Kiviaq - Inga Sørensen
20. Stinky Tofu - Wikimedia user Richy
21. Sauerkraut - Wikimedia user Qwerty Binary
22. Soy Sauce - Flickr user Creative Tools
23. Prosciutto - Flickr user Sun Taro
24. Kefir Milk - Wikimedia user Quijote
25. Kimchi - Flickr user Nagyman
26. Kombucha Mature - Wikimedia user Mgarten
27. Koumiss bottle - Wikimedia user A.Savin
28. Katsuobushi - Sakurai Midori
29. Wine - André Karwath
30. Yogurt - Wikimedia user Oxytousc