Argument's Theory About Food On The Floor

We’ve heard the stories and most of us have practiced the theory about food on the floor. In reality here on earth, you’d be hard pressed to find any place where some form of germ or new species of bacteria doesn’t exist. Generally, I think it comes down to common sense about the environment where the food drops, who dropped it and the inconvenience of getting more or not letting this precious morsel go to waste.
The belief about the food on floor has been passed down through generations and etched into our minds grounded on family values and always interwoven with scientific influence. It’s a proven fact that germs transfer from the floor to food quickly and further studies show it’s more about the cleanliness of the floor and it’s bacteria content than it is about how long the food sits on it. One of the most interesting finding from these studies; it appears that the floor material has more to do with the amount of bacteria compared to the time it takes to contaminate the food. For example materials like wood or tile are good breeding grounds for bacteria, compared to carpets, which decrease the percentage of bacteria transferred in thirty seconds or one minute.
Science goes on to answer whether or not an individual can consume food dropped on the floor and what the potential health consequences are as a …show more content…
Raw or unwashed foods share portions of germs in relation to our hands, so does the cutting board we use daily in the kitchen preparing some of our best memories during our lifetime. One leaf of lettuce that’s been washed or bake cookies coming out of the oven and hitting the floor have fewer chances of making you ill according to both science and family beliefs. So the next time, you pick up food that’s dropped to the floor know without a shadow of doubt the floor does have bacteria that’s capable of transferring to the food you’re about to