GOOD NEWS FOR food lovers – scientists in the UK have confirmed that it is safe to eat food that has fallen on the floor using the ‘five-second’ rule.

Alright, if it is covered in muck, don’t eat it, said Professor Anthony Hilton of Aston University, but otherwise you are good to go from a germ perspective.

Safe in this knowledge, are you okay with eating food from the floor once it’s been there five seconds or less?

Poll Results:

Depends on the state of the floor (4748)

Yes, get in my belly (2927)

No, gross (1135)

Yes, get in my belly
Depends on the state of the floor
No, gross

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