The five-second rule: Is it really safe to eat food off the ground?

November 13, 2006

If the floor has bacteria on it, even one to two seconds is enough to contaminate the food.

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1 db November 13, 2006 at 1:22 pm: i once saw a pathology tech eat something off the floor that was routinely covered in body parts and fluids.

enough to make me cringe
2 Anonymous November 13, 2006 at 5:01 pm: Kev,

There was already an episode on MythBusters about this already.
3 beajerry November 15, 2006 at 9:16 am: It’s 10 seconds.