And it s probably not a new one either.
I ate food off the floor.
Turns out fallen food does pick up germs immediately upon making contact with the floor and the amount of bacteria transferred can be enough to make you sick according to paul dawson phd a.
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Wondering if food is still ok to eat after it s been dropped on the floor or anywhere else is a pretty common experience.
While very few studies exist on this topic one group of researchers did test the 5 second rule.
Eating food off the floor may be ok scientist says a microbiologist experiments with dropping food on various surfaces to see how much bacteria they pick up.
And it s probably not a new one either.
Carpet is apparently not bad at all.
There are as can be expected varying opinions on the safety of eating food off the floor.