Science weighs in on 5-second rule’
And don’t think that shaking or blowing will help. “You may remove visible dirt, but those bugs are microscopic,” he said.
Keith Schneider agrees. As an assistant professor in the Food Science and Human Nutrition Department at the University of Florida, Schneider writes fact sheets for the food industry on safety issues. One warned in capital letters, “THERE IS NO FIVE- SECOND RULE WHEN IT COMES TO FOOD SAFETY!”
