California - 5 seconds.
Texas - 10 seconds.
Kentucky - no limit.
Connecticut College has concluded in a study - ‘Five-Second Rule’ for Dropped Food More Like 30.
Maybe it's a Connecticut thing.
"Connecticut College seniors and cell and molecular biology majors Molly Goettsche and Nicole Moin took two food samples - apple slices and Skittles candies - to the Connecticut College dining hall and snack bar. They dropped the foods onto the floors in both locations for five, 10, 30 and 60 second intervals, and also tested them after allowing five minutes to elapse. They then looked for any rogue bacteria that might have attached to the foods…."
"The researchers found no bacteria were present on the foods that had remained on the floor for five, 10 or 30 seconds."
Skittles were good (relatively) on the floor for up to five minutes.
Maybe the Connecticut College students are cleaner than the rest of the world. Perhaps they only enter the cafeteria barefooted after just climbing out of the shower and walking through disinfectant.
Whatever...
Would you eat an apple slice that you found laying on the ground for 30 seconds in a high traffic area even if someone told you it was okay?
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