Pits09 wrote:
> This question has most likely been asked in here before .
>
> Plastic chopping boards versus good old fashioned wood boards and
> blocks
>
> for discussion /opinion
> My vote goes to wood

A few months ago I talked with the Restaurant Inspector for the County
Health Board (aka food cop) about this. He said there was a slight
preference for wood, because it is thought to have some bacteriostatic
(capable of inhibiting the growth of bacteria) property. He also said
that if he ever saw a plastic board with black lines on it he would
order it tossed out immediately.