Food safety: are the sniff test, the five-second rule and rare burgers safe?
- Written by Cathy Moir, Team leader, Food microbiologist and Food safety specialist, CSIRO
If you drop your food, it's less about time spent on the floor and more about the surfaces. Mai Lam/The Conversation NY-BD-CC, CC BY-SA
There are many rules in food safety lore, some that have a basis in fact, and some that are purely grounded in convenience. But it’s important to look at the evidence to see which category common rules fall...
Read more: Food safety: are the sniff test, the five-second rule and rare burgers safe?