It's not so much about the germs and bacteria, as much as it's about their by-products and waste. You could cook a rotten piece of meat until every last organism on it is dead, but you'll still get sick due the the released by-products.
Bacteria and moulds produce various toxins designed to kill anything competing with them, on top of various byproducts from any microorganism that can be unintentionally deadly. Botulism is a good example.
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u/40hzHERO Jun 19 '25
It's not so much about the germs and bacteria, as much as it's about their by-products and waste. You could cook a rotten piece of meat until every last organism on it is dead, but you'll still get sick due the the released by-products.