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Do Not Eat Food That Has Fallen Down!
Should we really pick up a food particle, no matter how tasty it is, which got slipped out of our hand and fell on the ground? Many go by the five-second rule (which says the food stays safe within that time frame) but there are others who don't think it is all a good idea and by putting a fallen food back into our mouth only prepares it for a disaster.
Why
the
five-second
rule
isn't
ok
The
five-second
rule,
which
gave
many
a
reason
to
go
ahead
with
'not
wasting'
the
food,
was
actually
put
to
scientific
test,
though
informally.
In
a
study
that
took
place
around
2003,
some
food
items
were
dropped
on
the
floor
which
were
infected
with
E.
coli
germs
and
they
were
contaminated
in
less
than
five
seconds.
So
the
germs
spread
in
no
time
and
will
not
spare
the
food
that
you
provide
them
accidentally.
In another study that was conducted around 2007, Salmonella - food-poisoning-causing bacteria were poured on various floors and then food items were dropped on them. It was seen that the food items picked up as many as 8,000 bacteria within a span of five seconds. It was also found that bacteria can survive on dry surfaces for several weeks and can contaminate food very fast.
This was again proved in another study which took place in 2016 at the Rutgers University.
Researchers dropped foods (watermelon, plain bread, bread having buttered surfaces and gummy candy) on four types of surfaces (word, ceramic tile, carpet and steel) that were contaminated with bacteria and kept for drying. Four different time periods were chosen for the foods to remain on the surfaces (less than a second; five seconds; thirty seconds and five minutes).
It was seen that the watermelon became the most contaminated one among all the four because of its moist nature while the gummy candy was the least affected. Also, the carpet had the lowest transfer of the bacteria. Hence, the nature of the food and surface on which it falls are also important.
Thus...
It is better to let go the food piece which was not destined to go into your system. Sometimes, we pick up a food particle from a surface that looks apparently clean but there are bacteria that you can't spot with the naked eyes. It's better to get accustomed to the 'zero-second' rule.
Food
safety
Do
not
ever
think
that
bacteria
are
kind-hearted
by
any
means.
Even
0.1
per
cent
of
them
on
a
surface
is
enough
to
leave
you
sick.
Germs
like
E.
coli
are
extremely
dangerous
and
cause
infection
which
can
even
be
fatal
for
people
who
have
a
weak
immune
system.
There
are
endless
numbers
of
bacteria
all
around
At
any
point
of
time
that
are
nearly
10,000
different
species
of
microscopic
creatures
floating
all
around
in
our
homes.
In
fact,
we
ourselves
are
constantly
shedding
bacterial
cells
through
our
skins
and
the
air
that
we
breathe
(38
million
of
them!).
And
in
this
sea
of
bacteria,
never
ever
pick
up
a
food
particle
which
has
been
exposed
to
them.
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