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Is wood a hygienic material to use for chopping boards?

April 26, 2017chopping hygienic material wood

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Is wood a hygienic material to use for chopping boards?

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Undoubtedly, the most hygienic chopping board is going to be one that is washed most frequently, regardless of what it is made of. Independent tests in Scandinavia have proven that bacteria does not penetrate wood and in comparison to plastic chopping boards, bacteria does not survive well on wood. Plastic showed the best conditions for bacterial survival.