"Arfa Daily" wrote in message
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How does the unsuitability stack up with butchers' blocks ? They have all
manner of different raw meats and offal cut up and chopped on them, which
I would have thought was a potential microbiological hazard, if they could
not be properly cleaned. Surely, if EH have no problem with this, they
would not be justified anyway, in having any problem with wooden serving
platters, given that they were made from a 'suitable' wood ? Or are
butchers' blocks some kind of 'special case' EH-wise ?

Have you ever cleaned a butchers block?
I have and its a job and a half if its done correctly.
You scrape the top surface off, removing all the blood and guts and the top
surface and then you wipe it down.
That is why they are always curved in odd ways as they get scrapped
unevenly.