system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: If cooking raw meat kills the bacteria how come cooking food that is spoiled still makes you sick?
gpt
In some cases it does not, for the reason you cite. However, if bacteria or mold have been growing for some time, they may have been excreting toxic waste products. These just sit there being poisonous, even if you kill the bacteria or mold.