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Are colour coded chopping boards necessary for home kitchens?

If you cook at home at least 3 or 4 times a week, colour coded chopping boards are helpful but not strictly necessary. What you do need is at least 2 separate cutting boards so raw meat never touches the same surface as ready to eat food, whether those boards are colour coded plastic or natural wood like a 45x35cm bamboo board and a 38x28cm vegetable board. Do you really need colour coded chopping boards at home? In professional kitchens in the UK, colour coded chopping boards are required by food safety guidelines. At home, they are not required by...

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