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Treated pine and food preparation

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Created by warwickl > 9 months ago, 2 May 2021
warwickl
NSW, 2357 posts
2 May 2021 8:16PM
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Just watch a cooking show recommending using treated pine grooved decking to shaped raw pastery- is this ok?
Not to my knowledge.


cauncy
WA, 8407 posts
2 May 2021 8:03PM
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Termites won't eat you or your coffin

decrepit
WA, 12789 posts
2 May 2021 9:51PM
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depends on how you value arsenic as a seasoning

Mark _australia
WA, 23514 posts
7 May 2021 7:49AM
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I think the answer is more complex.

Firstly a lot of it isn't CCA anymore.
Then, was it ever that bad? If simply contact was bad, why have tradies handled it all day then eaten their lunch and not die? For decades now.....
I googled it a while back as my dog was chewing some and seems its nowhere near as bad as you'd think. There is plenty of real world experience of pets chewing a sh!t ton of it with no issues.

The statement above from the EPA is purely a legal one to make sure the lowest common denominator idiots don't physically eat the timber.


Craig66
NSW, 2466 posts
7 May 2021 10:05AM
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Merbau


Brent in Qld
WA, 1391 posts
7 May 2021 8:52AM
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warwickl said..
Just watch a cooking show recommending using treated pine grooved decking to shaped raw pastery- is this ok?
Not to my knowledge.



Go for it mate, let us know how you go. If we don't hear from you we'll know to keep a wide berth.



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