Review of 2014
March: 5 second rule holds truth?
In March, we brought to the surface a question everyone has asked or been asked at some point in their lives.
The 'five second rule' about picking up food after it has been dropped on the floor may have soon scientific basis, according to research.
Aston University researchers looked at two pathogens from three indoor floor types and transfer to toast, pasta, biscuit and a sticky sweet when contact was made from three to 30 seconds.
The research team analysed the survival of the bacteria on surfaces and transfer onto other foods.
E.coli and Staphylococcus aureus were most likely to transfer from laminate or tiled surfaces to moist foods in contact fro more than five seconds.
Carpeted surfaces were the least likely surface for the bacteria to transfer from. [Read the full article here]
