Honey dippers and wood toxicity

[Threejs]

I have made a couple honey dippers out of cherry, and the thought crossed my mind tonight that, you can get cyanide out of cherry bark. Should I be concerned about using cherry wood to make these dippers, as they will be in the honey for extended periods of time. I would really hate to make people sick.

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[DaveO]

No, once the Cherry is dried there is no problem with it. Plus the only real problem with cyanide in Cherry is the leaves and horses eating it. The cyanide content of the leaves and bark increase with drought and stress. Interesting enough, once the leaves drop from the tree they are no longer considered toxic :icon_scra If your dippers don't have leaves and won't be used by horses, I think that you will be OK.
Dave