News — cutting board colour coding

In standard kitchen colour coding, the chopping board for fish is blue. If you want to keep raw fish safely away from meat, cooked food and vegetables, you should use a blue cutting board every time you prepare fish or seafood. Why the fish chopping board is blue Commercial kitchens across the UK follow a simple colour code to reduce cross contamination. It is widely taught in food hygiene training and used in restaurants, schools and catering: Blue chopping board – raw fish and seafood Red chopping board – raw meat Yellow chopping board – cooked meat Green chopping board...