Ehos environmental health officers the food safety people pushed everyone into using plastic cutting boards instead of wood cutting boards because it was perceived as being more hygienic and easier to clean.
Wood or plastic cutting board for meat.
First use at least two cutting boards to avoid cross contamination.
Nonporous acrylic plastic or glass boards and solid wood boards can be washed in a dishwasher laminated boards may crack and split.
Plastic cutting boards are your best bet for carving meat models like this one from dexas are dishwasher safe so you can use high heat sanitization to prevent raw meat contamination.
Have one board for raw meat fish and poultry says sana mujahid ph d manager of food safety research at cr.
Originally published in the feb.
You shouldn t put them in the dishwasher nor should you leave them to soak since extended exposure to water and high heat will pretty much guarantee a short life for the board.
More work to clean.
This limits cross contamination which is the biggest danger of all.
Ultimately whether you use wood or plastic the best method for ensuring safety is to use separate cutting boards for raw meat and poultry and for your vegetables fruit and prepared food.
Plastic is ideal for handling uncooked meat because it s easy to sanitize and generally dishwasher safe.
The thinking was that as plastic is new and wood is old school a plastic board must be better.
When it comes to cutting board materials plastic ones are a workhorse for chopping and slicing produce mincing garlic and herbs and cutting meat and have the added benefit of being dishwasher.
If you go that route you want to.
The best cutting boards for meat.
Both wooden and plastic cutting boards can be sanitized with a solution of 1 tablespoon of unscented liquid chlorine bleach per gallon of water.
To clean a plastic cutting board simply throw it in your dishwasher or wash with dish soap and water by hand you can also use a solution of a tablespoon of bleach per gallon of water to sanitize.
To clean a wooden cutting board warm water and soap work best.
Wooden cutting boards are more difficult to clean than plastic too.
