Frank Fusco
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I'm making several cutting boards for gifts and in keeping with my "there is no such thing as scrap wood" philosophy, I'm using whatever wood I have on hand to do the job. OK, just call me cheap. Enneyhow, out of the 'not-scrap' scrap bin I pulled a five foot piece of 1"x4" hunk of purpleheart. "Make a nice contrast in the cutting board", I thought to myself. Then "Uh-Oh!" I thought. Purpleheart is an exotic wood from South America and a lot of what comes from there can be toxic. But, I just dunno about purpleheart. What say the jury, would it be OK to use on something that touches foodstuffs?