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The Five-Second Rule: Fact or Fiction?

by Slashfood Editor, Posted Mar 11th 2011 @ 3:00PM

dropped food on the floorPhoto: Alamy

Everyone's done it: A coveted cookie or piece of sandwich falls to the ground and you quickly grab it up off the floor, brush if off and shrug -- "five-second rule." The idea that no germs accumulate before five seconds might sound plausible (anything to get that cookie back, after all) but the folks at YumSugar wanted to know: Is it true?

Find out whether the five-second rule is fact or fiction at YumSugar.com.

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Sam the Deaf

3-14-2011 @11:01AM Sam the Deaf said... Mythbuster has done it. It's okay to take dry food. But it's not okay for wet food take from the floor. ew
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