1. Moldy and deteriorated taro will secrete mycotoxins at the same time. People who eat moldy and deteriorated food are prone to diarrhea, vomiting and other symptoms, which will cause cancer of cells for a long time, leading to cancer.
2. Mycotoxin has strong chemical and physical stability, and it is difficult to remove the harm of mycotoxin to human body simply by washing and cutting.
3. There are many kinds of molds, which are widely distributed in nature, and most of them are harmless to human body. However, some toxic strains of mold will produce toxic metabolites and mycotoxins after contaminating food. At present, there are more than 200 kinds of main molds and their toxins, but the main ones that are closely related to food and have serious harm are aflatoxin, yellow rice toxin, penicillin toxin and Fusarium toxin, cyclosporine, sterigmatocystin and F-2 toxin.