Pleasure of knowledge-Is it Really OK to Eat Food That’s Fallen 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
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Surprised to know the binding time of bacteria on the surface of food is more than 5 seconds, But does it depends upon the surface re activity of the food also?
but bacteria is micro organisms they stick easily on food when it get contact with floor and may be bind later.