Other customers have exceptions for finished products.
Dropped raw meat on the floor.
Wondering if food is still ok to eat after it s been dropped on the floor or anywhere else is a pretty common experience.
You dropped food on the floor.
Whether it is a raw material meat included or a finished good completely sealed in packaging.
The salmon mousse they won t be on warm meat long enough e coli the bad one needs 20 minutes to divide and that s after a zero growth lag period.
So here comes the good news germophobes.
Because sometimes the 5 second rule does not apply.
This flowchart covers it all.
And it s probably not a new one either.
If you have any organisms on the floor ground etc.
One customer has a zero tolerance policy for anything that is dropped or falls off the line.
This high temperature ensures that the meat is cooked thoroughly enough to destroy harmful bacteria that may be present in the raw meat.
As a co manufacturer in a non rte facility i deal with several policies concerning food on the floor.
Do you eat it.
Mince meat can also become a breeding ground of bacteria.
And it s probably not a new one either.
It would kill any bacteria if it was cooked no that s disgusting when i was young and naive sure but not now there is no such thing as a 5 second rule contamination is contamination only a ignorant person would claim such a thing.
Microbes such as campylobacter that may be picked up on your kitchen floor usually less of a threat than the salmonella found in raw poultry but not 100 of the time will also be destroyed as a result of.
Picture did you drop your raw steak on the floor.
When the meat is all mixed together any germs on the surface can spread deep within the products.
Capable of surviving proper cooking of meat within 30 seconds of being exposed to said meat your guests are doomed.
He and his team dropped slices of bologna and bread onto floors contaminated with salmonella let them sit for varying amounts of time and recorded exactly how many bugs moved from floor to food.
Wondering if food is still ok to eat after it s been dropped on the floor or anywhere else is a pretty common experience.