3 Second Rule Food On The Floor

We all know that rule right.

3 second rule food on the floor.

As a food microbiologist i have always been amazed at people s belief in the three or five second rule. It goes something like this. The first rule of human food consumtion. It is second nature to apply the age old pseudo scientific three second rule on such occasions telling ourselves we re safe if the food hit the floor only momentarily.

If you retrieve food dropped on the floor or another. Many of us might have picked up a piece of dropped food from the floor given it a quick blow and assumed it was still safe to eat. Any food picked up from the floor is perfectly fine to eat within five seconds of dropping it. 5 second rule rules sometimes.

But another study champions the zero second rule of bacterial contact. If you try to put it in your mouth at any point past 3 01 seconds you re a dirty bastard and will probably die from gangrene of the mouth. This rule is not applicable in a gas station restroom that s just wrong. Whether you work in a kitchen have kids or just have a habit of dropping food on the floor there s a good chance you already know what it means when someone mentions the 5 second rule.

Experts explore whether it s safe to eat food that s made quick contact with the floor. It s harder to pin down the origins of the oft quoted five second rule but a 2003 study reported that 70 of women and 56 of men surveyed were familiar with the five second rule and that women. Bread with jam cooked pasta ham a plain biscuit and dried fruit were all dropped on the floor and left for either three five or 10 seconds then examined under the microscope. If you drop the twinkie on the floor of your apartment and pick it up with 3 seconds it s still good.

To many of us it is second nature to apply the age old pseudo scientific three second rule on such occasions telling ourselves we re safe if the food hit the floor only momentarily.