Dropped Raw Meat On The Floor

Picture did you drop your raw steak on the floor.

Dropped raw meat on the floor. Because sometimes the 5 second rule does not apply. If the food is uncooked i don t see why not i would be more concered about sanitizing the floor than the meat since the meat will be cooked at such a high temp. One customer has a zero tolerance policy for anything that is dropped or falls off the line. Mince meat can also become a breeding ground of bacteria.

Whether it is a raw material meat included or a finished good completely sealed in packaging. 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. Do you eat it. As a co manufacturer in a non rte facility i deal with several policies concerning food on the floor.

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. 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. So here comes the good news germophobes. 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.

When the meat is all mixed together any germs on the surface can spread deep within the products. And it s probably not a new one either. Wondering if food is still ok to eat after it s been dropped on the floor or anywhere else is a pretty common experience. Not to worry there s finally have a complex detailed guide that lets you know if it s still okay to eat.

Other customers have exceptions for finished products. If you have any organisms on the floor ground etc. And it s probably not a new one either. You dropped food on the floor.

This flowchart covers it all. It is generally safe to eat all food that has been dropped on a residential floor that is mopped or vacuumed once a week no matter the timing.