Eli5 As early stages of mold spreads on food (ex. bread, fruit) would getting rid of the “infected” area make it safe to eat?

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Eli5 As early stages of mold spreads on food (ex. bread, fruit) would getting rid of the “infected” area make it safe to eat?

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Experience would suggest against doing that.
when I was fresh out of college, I bought some bacon. I wasn’t able to cook it right away. Then, I was really hungry for BLTs, out came the bacon – it was green on one end; but the rest looked fine – stupid young me decided to cook it. I ate it – really stupid me noted that it tasted “off”, but kept eating.
As everyone reading expects, a few hours later, I spent about an hour violently throwing up, and then promptly sleeping for about 12 hours.

lesson learned! (don’t learn it the hard way like I did – learn from my mistake)