Myth Busted- 5 seconds rule

I used to think that the 5-second rule is an Asian culture thinking. I mean we care less about bacteria compared to the westerns who seem obsessed about bacteria.




The 5 second rule is a rough guide that food that landed on the table or floor, can be scooped up and eaten safely without fear of contamination, as long as it is scooped up within 5 seconds. Apparently it takes 5 second for food or bacteria to jump onto the food.

Apparently the 5second rule exists in the western world too. Hoo hoo! at least our western counterpart is growing up nicely with healthy doses of dirt and bacteria.

The "five-second rule" is valid when it comes to food dropped on the floor.

BUSTED

This myth yielded a varied number of results, but in the definitive test where the only variable was time the myth was definitively busted. There was no real difference in the amount of bacteria collected from 2 seconds exposure as there was from 6 seconds exposure.

Original episode from the Discovery Channel documentary:- Mythbusters
From the Mythbusters results