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Now behind the counter where there used to be a vat of loose dirty potatoes sits a neat row of greeting cards, wrapping paper and helium balloons.

So Barba and Lerew stepped to the vat and uncovered it, revealing a glutinous stew of rags and vaseline, once integral to the tattoo process; the stew’s age and precise contents are uncertain.

Mold build-up was also seen outside of steel vats used by the plant and inside holding coolers between the site's smokehouses.

Mold build-up was also found outside of steel vats used by the plant and inside holding coolers between the site's smokehouses.

All cheesemakers first pump milk into a cheese vat and add a special enzyme called rennet.