1.   But by the end of the week Charlie had discovered that his barrow was still half-full of stale food that nobody wanted.

2.   A look behind the rocket-punched stone walls found haggard men living amid the stench of stale food, garbage and human waste.

3.   The authorities had initially suspected botulism, caused by bacteria in stale food, as the cause of the deaths, but botulism anti-toxins were ineffective.

4.   The disease, which mainly affects the stomach and intestines, is caused mainly by drinking contaminated water and eating stale food, medical practitioners said.