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Scientists Test 5-Second Rule for Food Dropped on the Floor

 

Anne Bernhard, an assistant professor of biology, and her students at Connecticut College have put the rule stating that food can be picked up and eaten if it doesn't remain on the ground for more than 5 seconds to the test.

The research team dropped apple slices, a wet food, and Skittles, a dry food, on the cafeteria floor and measured the results. They concluded that 30 seconds was probably safe for moist food and up to a minute could be safe for dry food.

They said that previous confirmation of the 5-second rule was not real world as the floor in question was deliberately smeared with E.coli. "This is really testimony to the great housekeeping at our school," said one student.

 
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  13 Comments
  
  Whats with all the  
 
old tests being brought back to life? No one watches Mythbusters?
 
 by: 31337157   06/11/2007 11:20 AM     
  @31337157  
 
part of science is being able to reliably reproduce results.
 
 by: barr.134   06/11/2007 04:20 PM     
  ..  
 
they did this on mythbusters. similar results. yes, the food picks up bacteria, but its not harmful right away. let it sit in an incubator for a few hours. different story.
 
 by: robplatt   06/11/2007 05:22 PM     
  wondering  
 
if someone lay down on the floor for one minute, then licked their hand-- are they contaminated past the point of no return?
 
 by: theironboard     06/11/2007 05:39 PM     
  *throws TIB on the ground*  
 
Let's find out.
 
 by: fballer23   06/11/2007 06:02 PM     
  few years too late  
 
People should really start watching myth busters before doing stupid tests like this that have been done before.
 
 by: greatwarrior1   06/11/2007 06:52 PM     
  @greatwarrior1  
 
Please don't equate Mythbusters to science.
 
 by: Ec5618   06/11/2007 07:14 PM     
  @EC  
 
If you actually watch the segment, they do a pretty good job at performing a controlled experiment, and honestly, what they're attempting to verify is NOT that tricky of an endeavor, i.e. no precision instrumentation is involved or anything else that would require the help of a university laboratory in order to get that "yes" or "no" answer on the initial question.
 
 by: caution2  SuperVisor   06/11/2007 07:50 PM     
  @greatwarrior1  
 
this was tested befor mythbusters time and time again. It's been said time and time again in theese stupid studdies that 5 seconds or even more is fine for most germs and bacteria, except for the ones that are actually going to kill you like E.coli. This test is spent, stop doing it or stop reporting it.
 
 by: shoezacks   06/11/2007 07:58 PM     
  k  
 
but it's still gross. If my waiter drops my food on the ground I wouldn't take any of these articles as proof, I'd demand new food... nicely to avoid "further" contamination.
 
 by: seniorgato     06/11/2007 09:30 PM     
  I think,  
 
I'd rather stick to just not eating what has fallen on the floor. Now, if someone else wants to eat it, I'm not going to judge.
 
 by: MattMacD   06/13/2007 12:27 AM     
  @seniorgato  
 
lol...
thats right complain nicely...lol ;)

i can remeber when i was in school and used to work in restraunt kitchens it was standard oractice i remember it as the 10 second rule.
 
 by: veya_victaous   06/16/2007 06:16 AM     
  Dogs regularly eat their own poop  
 
and they never seem to suffer any bad effects from it. Lets throw TIB in the litter box and see what he finds for lunch.
 
 by: White Albino   06/18/2007 12:39 AM     
 
 
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