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Decomposition or rotting, very similar to human decomposition. There are 4 phases:
Fresh
Bloat
Decay
Dry
Fresh occurs the first few days following death.
Bloat or putrefraction causes odours and colour changes.
Decay or Butyric Fermentation is mummification.
Dry Decay the last of the soft tissue has eroded skeletonization occurs.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoDepends on the type of food. Food spoilage occurs depending on the food, the way it is stored, and how it is stored. Refrigerating meat might only keep it fresh for a matter of days but freezing it could bring you a number of months.
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∙ 15y agoDifferent foods take different amounts of time to go rotten, so it will depend on what food you mean and under what conditions the food is being kept.
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