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 t… ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., Sept. 14 (UPI) --The five-second rule is ubiquitous: Adults and children, slovenly and squeaky-clean people alike, often scoop food off the floor after it drops and, as long ...

Science; Food; Can you trust the 'three second rule' for food dropped on the floor? We have the answer A recent study by Dr Ronald Cutler, a microbiologist from Queen Mary, University of London ...

When you drop a piece of food on the floor, any bacteria living on the floor will adhere to it. So if you eat the food you've dropped, you're also eating any bacteria the food picked up.

Research led by Anthony Hilton, a professor of applied microbiology at Aston University, Birmingham, shows 87 per cent of people say they would eat food dropped on the floor, or have done so. The ...

I f you’ve ever dropped food on the floor, you’re probably familiar with the five-second rule. It's been cited for generations as a justification to eat food after it's been on the floor. It's ...

YOU may want to think twice before you invoke the ‘five-second rule’ for food that’s fallen on the floor. Channel 4’s How To Stay Well has discovered there is no such thing as a ‘safe’ … ...

Wondering if food is still OK to eat after it’s been dropped on the floor (or anywhere else) is a pretty common experience. And it’s probably not a new one either.

Microbiologist Anthony Hilton at Aston University had his students look into how much E.Coli and Staph bacteria collected on food that had just been dropped on the floor.

Food that has been dropped on the floor should rather not be eaten as germs can transfer almost instantly, according to a study. Publications YOU go!

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 t… ...