My bread has mold

@Shasha_ (1017)
Envigado, Colombia
July 2, 2023 8:08pm CST
I bought it two days ago, and it is said to be expired after a week. Just now I found out that the bread already has mold. I can't believe it. It has mold before expiration date. I'm thinking about scraping the mold off the bread as the mold is not all over the bread. I saw some people do that, and they seem to be fine. What do you think?
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@marguicha (223001)
• Chile
3 Jul 23
i would absolutly throw it away. I would not even give it to Luna. It could be very dangerous. You have to keep bread in the fridge if the outside weather is warm and humid.
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@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
5 Jul 23
@Shasha_ I place in the freezer, it lasts for months. I take out the slices I need in the morning to use during the day.
@Shasha_ (1017)
• Envigado, Colombia
9 Jul 23
@LadyDuck Wow. Good to know. I'm doing it now. I take one or two slices of bread out from the freezer when I want to make toasts.
@Shasha_ (1017)
• Envigado, Colombia
3 Jul 23
I realize now that the weather is a bit warm over here. I should have stored the bread in the refrigerator.
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@kaylachan (69690)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
3 Jul 23
You got a bad batch of bread that wasn't stored right or mishandled somewhere in the supply chain. Mold spreads and quickly. Safer to get a new loaf if you can.
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@Shasha_ (1017)
• Envigado, Colombia
3 Jul 23
I think so. I was unlucky this time.
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@kaylachan (69690)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
3 Jul 23
@Shasha_ It's happened to us.
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@Shasha_ (1017)
• Envigado, Colombia
3 Jul 23
@kaylachan Thank you
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@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
3 Jul 23
Bring it back if it's not yet expired and ask to be refunded. Do not scrap and eat, this can be dangerous.
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@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
3 Jul 23
@Shasha_ It is better, it happened to me, I brought it back and they refunded.
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@Shasha_ (1017)
• Envigado, Colombia
3 Jul 23
@LadyDuck They will give me the new bread, that's what I guess.
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@Shasha_ (1017)
• Envigado, Colombia
3 Jul 23
I plan to let people at the shop see what is happening to the bread.
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
3 Jul 23
Mold is poison. I’d throw it away.
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@Shasha_ (1017)
• Envigado, Colombia
3 Jul 23
Hearing the word 'poison' scares me. I will throw the bread away soon after I bring the bread to the shop where I bought it.
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
3 Jul 23
@Shasha_ That’s a good idea to take the bread to the store and get your money back.
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@Shasha_ (1017)
• Envigado, Colombia
3 Jul 23
@RubyHawk They usually don't give money back, but they will give new stuff with the same price.
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@stapllotik (1933)
• India
3 Jul 23
No, its dangerous. Just throw it away.
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• India
3 Jul 23
@Shasha_ Yes, throw it away
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@Shasha_ (1017)
• Envigado, Colombia
3 Jul 23
@stapllotik You're so confident about this.
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@Shasha_ (1017)
• Envigado, Colombia
3 Jul 23
Even if there is only few spots of mold on the bread?
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@MarieCoyle (37473)
3 Jul 23
It is not recommended to eat it if you find mold on any of it at all. It's been enclosed in the bag--and it has many, many spores you cannot see. You can cut it off, but you will still be eating mold. I would return it.
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@MarieCoyle (37473)
4 Jul 23
@Shasha_ I used to teach food safety and sanitation classes so people working in restaurants could get certified. If you could see the spores under a microscope, trust me, you would never just cut off what you see and eat the rest.
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@Shasha_ (1017)
• Envigado, Colombia
4 Jul 23
@MarieCoyle I bet nobody will want to eat any bread with spores of mold. By the way, did you work in a restaurant before?
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@Shasha_ (1017)
• Envigado, Colombia
3 Jul 23
Ohh.. I didn't realize that I might not see the spores. You are right, spores sometimes can not be seen as they are so small. Thanks for your idea.
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@pitstop (13791)
• Australia
3 Jul 23
If it's only on one end, I throw off about half the loaf and use it. If it's in multiple places, throw it off - likely to be allover
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@Shasha_ (1017)
• Envigado, Colombia
3 Jul 23
It's almost all over the bread. So, yeah...I won't eat it.
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@AmbiePam (92714)
• United States
3 Jul 23
While I don't eat amything that has had mold on it, I have seen plenty of people break cut off pieces of bread or cheese with mold on it, eat the remaining good part, and be fine. Scraping it does make particles go airborne, and could get on the rest of the bread, but it shouldn't be enough to harm you.
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@Shasha_ (1017)
• Envigado, Colombia
3 Jul 23
I saw many people doing the same thing here. I don't know if they are really fine or not.
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
3 Jul 23
I will just throw it away. That bread must have been poorly made if it expired before the expiration date.
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@Shasha_ (1017)
• Envigado, Colombia
3 Jul 23
I am not sure what is happening with the bread, but it could be true that the bread must have been poorly made. Perhaps they didn't do quality check or something.
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@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
3 Jul 23
Did you put it in the ref? We don't scrape the mold and just throw the bread
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@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
4 Jul 23
@Shasha_ You can heat them in the oven toaster
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@Shasha_ (1017)
• Envigado, Colombia
3 Jul 23
I never put bread in the refrigerator. They become hard and cold.
@PurnaSharma (2562)
• Guwahati, India
5 Jul 23
Oh, dear! Don't do that, it could be dangerous. So better throw it away. Sometimes it could be life-threatening and you are precious.
• Guwahati, India
9 Jul 23
@Shasha_ did well.
@Shasha_ (1017)
• Envigado, Colombia
9 Jul 23
Thank you. I returned the bread the store where I bought it, and I went home with two fresh bread for free.
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@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
3 Jul 23
Humidity will cause bread to mold quicker. If it is only the heels that are moldy you can remove them. The rest of the bread should be good.
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@Shasha_ (1017)
• Envigado, Colombia
3 Jul 23
I'm thinking the same like you do.