Dropped Pizza On The Floor

Wondering if food is still ok to eat after it s been dropped on the floor or anywhere else is a pretty common experience.

Dropped pizza on the floor.

No it s never a good idea to eat food that has been dropped. And it s probably not a new one either. When you drop a piece of food on the floor any bacteria living on the floor will adhere to it. Why you can eat food after it s been dropped on the floor.

Doctor busts the five second rule myth and reveals the kitchen counter is much dirtier indiana professor aaron carroll says he eats. If i dropped it into a plague pit no i wouldn t pick it up he clarifies. And it s probably not a new one either. My nice hot pizza just came out of the oven and i was walking it home and it fell on the cement floor in the street on the bread side so nothing was sticking onto the floor.

He and his team dropped slices of bologna and bread onto floors contaminated with salmonella let them sit for varying amounts of time and recorded exactly how many bugs moved from floor to food. The 5 second rule is just wishful thinking bacteria can attach to food as soon as it hits the floor. So if you eat the food you ve dropped you re also eating any bacteria the food picked up. Even food that s.

So it s a good time to revisit the age old 5 second rule this isn t the in bounding rule in basketball but a food hygiene standard in some households that states that there is a defined window where it is permissible to pick up food or. In fact he goes further. Say a customer orders food at a fast food restaurant like a pizza place and they drop it on the floor by accident it being their fault would they have to pay for another pizza or does the restaurant give another for free. With so many meals consumed at home these days there are bound to be mishaps such as a spilled glass of milk or a sandwich dropped on the floor.

Most of the time even licking your floor or your toilet seat is unlikely to make you sick.