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In the standard UK kitchen colour code, the chopping board for cooked meat is yellow. If you want to keep your kitchen safe and organised, use a yellow cutting board for cooked meat, and reserve other colours for raw meat, fish, vegetables and bread. Why the cooked meat board is yellow Professional kitchens across the UK follow a widely recognised colour coding system to reduce cross contamination. In this system, cooked meat always goes on a yellow kitchen board. That single rule helps staff instantly see if food is on the right surface. Here is the common colour breakdown used...