5-second rule: to eat or not to eat. That is the question? – Part 1.

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We all heard about the 5-second rule. Your mother always told you never to eat from the floor, but is it just an old wives’ tale? How long does it take germs to cross-contaminate food on the floor? cross-contamination can happen at different levels. Some are a higher risk than others. For example, when a piece of food falls on the floor versus food covered with a plastic barrier. So, if you drop a piece of say, bread, on the floor that is still in the plastic. The risk would be less than a piece of bread that is exposed to the floor.

5-second rule: regulatory body, food code, texture, and moisture of food – Part 2.

The second part of the 5-second series will consist of the food code requirement in regulatory bodies, and texture of food. Like I mentioned in the first part, the risk of cross-contamination is based on several factors.