Which coloured chopping board

Kitchen staff must understand which colour chopping board should be used for each item of food and ensure that they are never mixed up. This board must be used whenever somebody needs to work with raw meat. This is essential for preventing any cross-contamination between raw meat and ready-to-eat foods. Seeing as shellfish are one of the 14 main allergens, it can be potentially dangerous to cross-contaminate food on this chopping board.

A yellow chopping board should only be used with cooked meats and poultry. Staff should refrain from using cooked fish on this chopping board, but for food safety purposes, you should never use this chopping board for raw fish.

As well as preventing a food poisoning outbreak, using colour coded chopping boards can help cater to particular allergies. Colour coded chopping boards are made from two different types of polyethylene plastic: high-density polyethylene HDPE and low-density polyethylene LDPE.

Both types of plastic chopping boards are used widely by chefs and caterers in professional kitchens and food prep areas. In short, although high-density boards are slightly more expensive, they offer much more durability than their low-density comparisons and are more widely used in commercial environments.

Low-density boards offer a cheaper alternative to ensure best practice food hygiene standards are met however, low-density boards may have to be replaced more frequently depending on their volume of use in kitchens and catering areas.

You might be wondering which type of food preparation chopping board is the one for you? Deciding which is the best chopping board will be easier after you have read our simple guide below. Plastic chopping boards should be replaced when knife grooves become too deep. Deeply scored plastic chopping boards run the risk of hiding harmful bacteria in their grooves which does not get removed when thorough cleaned even in commercial washers.

When deep grooves appear, Cooksmill recommends replacing the board to keep your food preparations safe and bacteria free. Do you work in a commercial kitchen or food preparation area such as a factory or restaurant? Do you need a chopping board hygiene poster for your wall? Our handy will poster will help your staff remember which colour board to use.

You can put your colour coded chopping boards in the dishwasher, but especially with low-density plastic, you need to watch out for potential warping.

Boards will warp over time, but to avoid unnecessary warping, take your boards especially low-density ones out of your dishwasher after the wash has finished before it switches to the dry cycle.

Because tea towels are a breeding ground for bacteria. We recommend using a paper towel to dry your boards, or simply leaving them to air dry on a clean rack. When storing your chopping boards, use a rack that keeps the boards from touching. Having the boards touching undermines the entire process of using separate boards in the first place!

Even a dishwasher will struggle to clean really deep scores. Once a plastic chopping board has warped to the point of not sitting flat on your work surface, it becomes dangerous. Look no further! Cooksmill offer a wide range of colour-coded chopping boards including high-density and low-density plastic boards and racks online. We have all of the required chopping board colours in stock. Most cooking shops in the UK now stock sets and individual boards however our prices are the cheapest you will find!

We also also an extensive range of wooden chopping boards and glass chopping boards. There are thousands of items available in our online shop with quick delivery! Food hygiene is an important consideration for any catering establishment.

Primarily you need to consider the health and safety of your customers, while also ensuring that your reputation is not tarnished by an outbreak of food poisoning. By using our colour coded chopping boards and ensuring your chefs follow the recommended guidelines, you can greatly reduce the chance of cross contamination between food groups in your kitchen.

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