Dropping Food On The Floor And Eating It

I do that because the harm i might get from the floor is not worth my concern compared with many many other things.

Dropping food on the floor and eating it.

Any food picked up from the floor is perfectly fine to eat within five seconds of dropping it. 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. And it s probably not a new one either. So here comes the good news germophobes.

You may feel differently. But was i right to eat it or had i unwittingly stuffed my mouth full of tiny harmful microbes. If i drop food on the floor i still eat it. It is generally safe to eat all food that has been dropped on a residential floor that is mopped or vacuumed once a week no matter the timing.