Is it ever OK to cut the mould off food and eat the rest?
By Anna Chisholm for the ABC
Experts say while mould can be cut away from some foods, it's often better to discard food that has visible mould.
Photo: Tim Hester
Have you ever been tempted to cut off a mouldy corner of cheese?
You might be throwing together a last-minute meal and trying to avoid a trip to the shops.
Or maybe one of your parents would insist it was "still good". But is it?
Here's what experts had to say about whether food that has gone a little mouldy is ever really "still good".
Can you cut around mould?
It depends.
Food safety scientist at the CSIRO Rozita Vaskoska says, "you can only cut the mould off if the food is really hard."
Vaskoska uses the example of a hard cheese, and says some hard fruit and veg might also fit into this category.
Whenever the food is soft...
