Top five food safety myths - (Sydney Morning Herald)
April 21, 2008 – 8:32 pmhttp://www.smh.com.au/news/health/top-five-food-safety-myths/2008/04/21/1208742837735.html
The three-second rule
That’s what some people call this common bit of folklore: if you drop food on the floor, pick it up within three seconds or so and it will be fine to eat. Wrong. Even a nanosecond is enough for food to have a brief and fruitful affair with myriad bacteria that gets traipsed over the kitchen floor by footwear that has trodden upon footpaths, public toilet floors, train-carriage aisles and office carpet squares.
The worst thing to do, says Lydia Buchtmann, of Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ), is to pick up food from the floor and slip it into something that will not be cooked, such as a salad or a dessert: “The bugs picked up can grow to dangerous levels very quickly and give you food poisoning.”
Seafood is dodgy
Yes, those oysters can certainly be dodgy if left on the kitchen bench for hours. But, in general, […]
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