Parents who use the three second rule can relax if they are dropping food high in salt or sugar content.<\/p>\n
Though quite possibly the worst kinds of food to give your children, if you drop it on the floor it is safer to eat than natural food.<\/p>\n
This is because harmful bacteria has less chance of surviving on processed foods.<\/p>\n
Research carried out by Manchester Metropolitan University on behalf of Vileda tested out cooked pasta, ham, a plain biscuit, dried fruit and bread and jam \u2013 to find out whether the three second rule was safe to use.<\/p>\n
The bread and jam and ham was fine when tested at 3, 5 and even 10 second intervals. But the dried fruit and cooked pasta was found to contain signs of\u00a0the bacteria klebsiella.<\/p>\n
Nothing was detected on the biscuit because of its low level of water.<\/p>\n
Interestingly, when testing out a used child’s dummy, E. coli was found on the dummy before it even fell on the floor.<\/p>\n
Lindsey Taylor, of Vileda recommends keeping your floor clean by regular mopping, but also warned that Pseudomonas\u00a0is often present on mops and can be spred during cleaning.<\/p>\n
She said: \u201cMop heads need to be replaced regularly \u2013 every three months ideally \u2013 yet often people leave this until closer to a year. Ideally, floors should be mopped once a day yet a third of Brits only mop once a week.\u201d<\/p>\n
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