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Don't double dip that chip

Posted on Jan 31st 2008 9:37AM by Bethany Sanders
In what has to be a food safety first, an old Seinfeld episode inspired students at Clemson University to find out if double dipping your chip at the snack table really is bad for your health.

What they learned is that, depending on the acidity and texture of the dip in question, up to 10,000 bacteria can be transferred from mouth to bowl with every dip of the chip. Essentially, if every person in the room double dips their chip, you're looking at a large communal bowl of shared bacteria. What the didn't examine was what kind of bacteria was being passed around, or whether it was dangerous.

The bottom line is, double dipping is just bad manners. Keep your bacteria where it belongs and use a fresh chip when you dip this Super Bowl Sunday.

Here's the scene that inspired the study, just for laughs:

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