Moisture type of surface and contact time all contribute to cross contamination.
Student eating food off the floor.
New york sep 11 ians food once dropped on the floor is not safe to eat however quickly you pick it up warns a new study that debunks the widely accepted notion that it is all right to scoop up food and eat it within a safe five second window.
And it s probably not a new one either.
Wondering if food is still ok to eat after it s been dropped on the floor or anywhere else is a pretty common experience.
Some of the students were actually absent on the day of the spill but were made to eat lunch off the cafeteria floor when they returned while other classmates sat at traditional lunch tables.
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And it s probably not a new one either.
Sometimes bacteria transfer in less than a second.
In some instances the transfer begins in less than one second.
Wondering if food is still ok to eat after it s been dropped on the floor or anywhere else is a pretty common experience.
Turns out fallen food does pick up germs immediately upon making contact with the floor and the amount of bacteria transferred can be enough to make you sick according to paul dawson phd a.
Eating food off the floor isn t safe.
Researchers debunk five second rule.
Particularly if modified or bought off the street.
It comes as a survey of 2 000 people found 79 per cent admitted to eating food that had fallen on the floor.
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