Dear MEL Topic Readers,
What really
happens to food when you drop it on the floor?
To eat or not
to eat. You may ask this question to yourself when you drop food on the floor especially
when the food looks in good shape and the floor looks clean. But is it safe as
it looks? How much will the food become contaminated once it’s dropped on the
floor? The shorter the time it touches the floor, the lower the risk it’s contaminated?
You may
struggle to make a decision psychologically and ecologically, and sometimes
economically as well especially when the food is appetizing or you’re very hungry.
According to
scientists, it seems quite ok to eat dropped food, provided that the place isn’t
a doctor’s office or a slaughter house. It is because you are actually living
with uncountable number of microbes anyway in the air, on objects and even on
your skin. But most of them are harmless. Then the issue becomes more psychological.
For example, if you drop a piece of buttered toast, you may judge whether to
put it into your mouth or not based on which side of the toast touches the
floor, not how long it stays on the floor.
Enjoy reading and
learning about the world you’re living in.
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