Chicago microbiologist Nicholas Aicher is known for making TikTok videos where he swabs public surfaces to test them for bacteria. In a now-viral video, he tested the five-second rule to see if food ...

BRITS will eat dropped food that has been on the floor for up to six seconds, research has found. A study of 2,000 adults revealed 73 per cent would happily eat a piece of food that has fallen on ...

Wet foods like watermelon and sliced apples are even more prone to quick contamination compared to dry foods like crackers.

The hosts of “Outnumbered,” toward the end of Wednesday’s program, weighed in on a viral TikTok clip where microbiologist ...

Brits will eat dropped food that has been on the floor for up to six seconds, research has found. A study, of 2,000 adults, revealed 73% would happily eat a piece of food that has fallen on the ...

Research has found that Brits are willing to eat food that has fallen on the floor, as long as it's been there for no more than six seconds. A survey of 2,000 adults revealed that 73% would ...

However, 69% agreed that it is unacceptable to eat food dropped on the floor during a dinner date. A spokesperson for Bosch commented: "It's fascinating to see just how many people still follow ...

But 45 per cent rely on the time honoured ‘five second rule’ when it comes to dropping food – with 28 per cent following it most of the time - and another 15 per cent happily snaffling a dropped grape ...

ranging from zero seconds to one minute Social media users had mixed feelings about the results after every single sample had evidence of microbial growth Almost everyone has dropped food on the floor ...

The research indicated that 27% would never eat anything that had fallen to the floor. However, 45% adhere to the time-honoured 'five-second rule' when it comes to dropped food with 28% following ...