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  1. #1
    BellyBelly Life Subscriber

    May 2005
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    Prawns are fine, there is no issue with the level of mercury in them as they have only a low level. The concern with prawns is actually listeria, so if you are eating them hot hot hot then you are fine.
    :yeahthat:

    I check about seafood with my Ob just this morning...There is no way I would be surviving 7 more months without salt and pepper squid!

  2. #2
    Registered User

    Dec 2007
    Victoria
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    Prawns are perfectly fine to eat during pregnancy

  3. #3
    Registered User

    Feb 2004
    Melbourne
    11,171

    Gah, I forgot the link too - Fish and mercury FAQs | NSW Food Authority

    Kawazuki, you can eat prawns cold, both cooking & freezing kills the listeria bugs. 95% of prawns you buy whether they say fresh or not have been frozen. They are frozen out at sea, brought back & taken to the manufacturers. Shops like Coles etc will say "thawed for your convenience" and I would never go near those because you have no idea how long they have been thawed & if they are at correct temperature. I ate cold, whole cooked prawns at Christmas because I knew how they were dealt with. I work for a food distributor, so I knew the manufacturing company & also that my work kept them frozen at all times. They were then brought home & thawed correctly & I ate them very cold & only within an hour of thawing. So if you really really must have cold prawns, you can just make sure you buy them from a reputable company & buy them frozen

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    Sep 2008
    Bunbury, Western Australia
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    They'd better be ok because I've eaten them... and maron... and cray fish...

    I've also done runny eggs... Dad had just cooked them so I assumed that they would have been fine

    Seriously, how are you meant to keep up with all this stuff we're not meant to eat? It does my head in sometimes!

  5. #5
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    Oct 2006
    Sydney NSW
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    I am glad I had dinner before reading all the garlic prawn cravings!!
    What did I have for dinner ??? GARLIC PRAWN pizza YUM!!

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    Dec 2008
    Paradise. QLD
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    sarah your fantastic mmmm prawns here i come lol

  7. #7
    BellyBelly Life Subscriber

    Feb 2009
    Kalgoorlie, WA
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    Not that a touch of mercury was gonna keep me from prawns anyway!