Cutting Board and Knife color coding

Do you know that most Hotel’s kitchen has Knife and Cutting board color coding system?                                                                                                                Well… that is to avoid food contamination and serve the food in a good condition. Will you eat a fruit platter that is smells like a onion? Of course not. Wood cutting board is also not allowed in the kitchen because it absorb the smells and the residue of the things you cut. Plastic cutting board is widely available in different color and sizes. The same with the cutting board, Knives has also color coding.

Green	Vegetable
Yellow	Poultry meat
Blue	Sea foods
White	Breads and Cheeses
Beige	Cook food
Red	Meat
Marble	Fruits
Brown ( muslim country)	Pork

This color coding system may vary from hotel or from the city, There are some city or country that required this color coding procedure. Like in my previous hotel we are using the green cutting board for both fruits and vegetables, Red for both red meat and poultry meat, and yellow for the cook food.