The 5 Second Rule – A Myth?
Who hasn’t used the 5 second rule? You drop some food on the floor and if it is less than 5 seconds, is it safe to eat? If it is on the floor longer than 5 seconds, is it really more contaminated? Does the type of floor matter? The type of food? Is the 5 Second Rule another food myth? Believe it or not, researchers have actually studied the 5 second rule. What foods did they drop and what did they find? A number of researchers have studied the 5 Second Rule the most recent study about Myth Debunked , was published in September in the journal of Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Previously, a high school student studied gummy bears and fudge-striped cookies dropped on a floor contaminated with E. coli. He found that food was contaminated in less than 5 seconds. So, what did the 2016 researchers find? What is the 5 Second Rule – the belief is if you drop any food on the ground/floor and pick ...