Tell her it won't hurt her. She's not going to be breathing in what
extremely few dormant spores there could be in there as long as she takes
care of the bowl and doesn't let it go to dust. g This also assumes that
you have let the bowl get below 20% RH for a few weeks before you apply any
finish to it.

Watch out how spalted the bowl is or else it'll seep and leak pretty badly.
This can be taken care of with a good filming finish but then you have other
concerns to deal with as to toxicity levels and time.

- Andrew


"Bill Badland" wrote in message
...
I am commissioned to do a bowl for a lady using spalted maple and she
asked
this question. If a salad bowl is made from spalted maple is it safe to
put
food in it since it has a fungus in which made it spalted? What should I
tell her. Bill