Generally, garlic cannot be eaten if it is moldy.

Because once garlic becomes moldy, it means that the garlic has deteriorated and changed color due to mold growth, and is likely to produce harmful substances. Therefore, moldy garlic cannot be eaten anymore.

Garlic storage conditions: temperature around -2.5°C, relative humidity 70%~75%, controlled atmosphere storage, oxygen concentration 3%~5%, carbon dioxide concentration around 10%.

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How to store garlic:

Hang storage method: After drying the garlic, select and remove mechanically damaged, rotten or shrunken garlic. , braided. Place it in a temporary drying shed, cold room or ventilated storage warehouse between summer and autumn. Avoid moisture and freezing in winter. You can also string the pseudostems of garlic with wires and hang them in a ventilated and heat-insulated place to allow the garlic to dry naturally.

Celling method: Choose a land with higher terrain, dry soil, thick soil, and low groundwater level to dig a cellar. Install ventilation channels in the cellar, check regularly during the cellar period, and remove rotten or spoiled garlic at any time. This method uses the low temperature, low humidity and other conditions of the cellar to provide a stable storage environment for garlic.

Cold storage storage method: Pre-cool the garlic before putting it into storage. When the body temperature of the garlic is close to 0℃, it can be put into storage. When storing, place garlic on a shelf to allow ventilation. The key point is to control the temperature in the warehouse promptly after entering the warehouse and keep the temperature uniform. Depending on the packaging and stacking methods, the storage temperature can be controlled between -1~3℃.

Ray irradiation storage method: This method is suitable for factory storage. Radiation preservation of food mainly uses gamma rays generated by cobalt-60. Irradiating garlic with gamma rays generated by cobalt-60 can not only resist germination, but also kill insects and sterilize. The dose of cobalt-60 is 2.85 to 5.16 coulombs/kg. Generally, it can be stored for about half a year, the loss is significantly reduced, and the storage efficiency is very good.

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