Of course it's up to the individual but just wanted to say that I asked my cousin who's been a midwife for 10 years if she's ever seen listeria and she said only once in all that time and it was from a salad (as in tabouli or whatever, but a salad bar type salad).
I avoided some things but my GP told me in Australia our soft cheeses are pasturised so they're ok. I always ate them after checking the label, and making sure they're fresh. I also ate ham (out of severe cravings for it) and soft serve at macca's. These are all choices I made, and i was careful to make sure food was fresh. But I never ate packaged salads of any type, including the ones at Coles/Woollies. And definitely nothing from the coles deli xo