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How does a preservative prevent mold?

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Mold is a live organism, or animal, a fungus to be specific. Depending on the preservative, it most likely contains toxins fatal to certain species of organisms and not humans, or the animal the food is being preserved for. This is why you always hear preservatives are bad for you.

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