You may feel differently.
Dropping food on the floor and eating it.
If i drop food on the floor i still eat it.
And it s probably not a new one either.
So here comes the good news germophobes.
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.
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.
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.