Is there really a five-second rule about food on the floor? When you drop a piece of food on the floor, is it really OK to eat if you pick up within five seconds? This urban food myth contends that if food spends just a few seconds on the floor, dirt and germs won't have much of a chance to contaminate it. http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/10/health/five-second-rule-food-on-floor/index.html [~362072:SMSgt Minister Gerald A. Thomas] [~125031:Capt Christopher Mueller] [~658680:CPT M Cannonie] [~138758:COL Mikel Burroughs] [~747899:Sgt Joe LaBranche] [~22186:SSgt L Ol] [~541687:TSgt Hunter Logan] [~668456:Capt Seid Waddell] [~378759:SrA Christopher Wright] [~563704:LTC Stephen Ford] [~156774:PO2 Ed C.] [~30774:PO2 Mark Saffell] [~560922:MSG Tom Earley] [~708510:PVT James Strait] [~673020:Alan Korb] [~168853:PO1 William "Chip" Nagel] [~364267:Maj Kim Patterson]

Posted on Jun 14, 2016

Is there really a five-second rule about food on the floor?

SP5 Mark Kuzinski

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When you drop a piece of food on the floor, is it really OK to eat if you pick up within five seconds? This urban food myth contends that if food spends just a few seconds on the floor, dirt and germs won't have much of a chance to contaminate it.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/10/health/five-second-rule-food-on-floor/index.html

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PO3 Steven Sherrill

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SP5 Mark Kuzinski scientifically I think it has been proven false. Realistically, it depends on what was dropped. If I drop a steak, that bastard is getting picked up. If I drop a pickle, well that is why I have dogs.

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