Recently, I bought some ready-to-eat pre-packaged food in a grocery store. I bought a chicken dish with lemon and pepper sauce. This dish only contained meat and no vegetables.

I always buy precooked meats because they have to be cooked for a long time in order to kill the germs and bacteria in them. I also do not want to be exposed to the contaminated blood in raw meats. This time though, I regretted my trip to the grocery store. To my horror, I found green fungal mold in the lemon pepper sauce that came with my pre-packaged meal. Here is a picture of what it looked like:

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You have likely seen this kind of mold many times before in various grocery stores; it is especially common on fruits, like lemons, as well as in bread.

Some fruits and foods are more susceptible to growing mold than others. For example, I find that lemons grow mold very quickly. On the other hand, limes can stay in your refrigerator much longer before they start showing signs of going bad. Bread also grows mold extremely quickly, which is why you should refrigerate or freeze the bread you buy, especially if you plan to eat it slowly over time. It is okay to leave bread on your countertop for a day or two after buying it, but I would refrigerate it no later than three days after buying it because of how fast mold can grow in it. 

Anything, food or otherwise, that stays wet for long periods of time can grow mold. A sauce can grow mold because it is moist, but also, it can grow mold even when it is in a sealed packaged container when it is left unrefrigerated for a long time. Mold can also grow easily if the grocery store’s refrigeration unit breaks or malfunctions. If you go to a grocery store and you see water coming out from underneath the refrigerator or freezer, do not buy any of the food in there because they have likely not been kept cold enough to be safe to eat.

It is very important that when storing foods, you keep them very cold to prevent germs and bacteria from growing in them. Also, it is important that everything that is in the package with moldy food not be eaten.

My pre-packaged food meal came with the chicken separated from the sauce, which is why the sauce was in a separate plastic container, but the moldy sauce was right next to the chicken, so the mold would have still contaminated the chicken. In addition, since this happened because of poor refrigeration, the chicken is likely growing bacteria in it anyway since it was left unrefrigerated for a while. Thus, you must throw everything away that is near, or in the package with moldy food.

“Mold spores are everywhere, and many strains grow on food. The spores anchor in bread, cheese, meat, and fruit and grow into fruiting bodies that appear as dark, sometimes fuzzy blotches…(Mold) can cause allergic reactions. Some strains produce mycotoxins and aflatoxins, which can make you sick. Mold grows inside food as well as on the surface, so it isn’t safe to simply cut it off…it’s best to discard moldy food…(Mold) can also grow in warmer temperatures as well. Mold grows best between 55 to 70 degrees Celsius…Some molds can take over your food in a matter of 12 to 24 hours, while others may take weeks…Mold is perhaps most common on bread, cheese, and fruits and vegetables left out in the kitchen” (Farrelly, L. (2018, March 13). How Does Mold Grow on Food? Sciencing). 

Conclusion 

I wanted to share this experience with you all because I wanted you to be able to recognize mold on foods, as well as to recognize the different forms and appearances that mold may have. I also wanted to stress the importance of checking all of your ready-to-eat pre-packaged foods for mold and bacterial growth.

At the end of this experience, I had to return all the pre-packed meals that I got from that part of the refrigerator in the grocery store for fear that it would make me sick 😓. However, this experience was not all bad because it taught me a good lesson: it helped me have a healthier, more conscientious lifestyle, and it made me more aware of an important health matter relating to my foods that could greatly impact my health in a negative way. If I ate this moldy food, I could have gotten very sick or been hospitalized, so I do not regret having his experience; it has made me better prepared for more experiences like this in the future. 

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