The Dirtiest Things On Restaurant Tables
You know the kitchen at home is clean (sort of), but what about the tables you eat at when dining out?
ABC News decided to investigate which items on a restaurant table are the dirtiest, and the answers were . . . obvious.
Researchers from the University of Arizona swabbed common tabletop items for germs, including salt and pepper shakers, ketchup, menus, and sugar.
-Sugar clocked in at the lowest average bacteria count, with 2,300 organisms.
-Ketchup, mustard, and salt all fell generally in the middle.
-Pepper is second-highest on the list, with nearly 11,600 organisms.
-Menus top the list with a whopping 185,000 bacterial organisms.