Dropped My Food On The Floor

You read that right.

Dropped my food on the floor.

I do that because the harm i might get from the floor is not worth my concern compared with many many other things. Any food picked up from the floor is perfectly fine to eat within five seconds of dropping 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. The skin and meat will absorb the harmful chemicals from these cleaning solutions and they are not food safe.

If i drop food on the floor i still eat it. In a study the researcher discovered that dropped food picked up no more than 0 0004 of bacteria covering typical floor types. Thoroughly rinse the dropped items in cold water. Some foods can be dropped and left on the floor for up to a half an hour and still be safe to eat.

But was i right to eat it or had i unwittingly stuffed my mouth full of tiny harmful microbes. Wondering if food is still ok to eat after it s been dropped on the floor or anywhere else is a pretty common experience. You may feel differently. According to the study out of aston university in birmingham england.

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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.