On Jan 7, 3:29*pm, whirled peas > wrote:
> 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.

So he should that means it is better than a petrie dish for
bacteria