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.

Dropping food on the floor and eating it.

Wondering if food is still ok to eat after it s been dropped on the floor or anywhere else is a pretty common experience. If i drop food on the floor i still eat it. And it s probably not a new one either. But was i right to eat it or had i unwittingly stuffed my mouth full of tiny harmful microbes.

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. I do that because the harm i might get from the floor is not worth my concern compared with many many other things. Wondering if food is still ok to eat after it s been dropped on the floor or anywhere else is a pretty common experience. And it s probably not a new one either.