Feta in salad?

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FYI - All Australian soft cheeses are pasteurised (it's law) some hard cheeses are not (most of them are imported). The Listeria risk is not from if it is pasteurised or not. Australia doesn't have a huge listeria problem but it can still occur even though our cheeses are pasteurised. Having said that I ate soft cheese in my last trimester, but since I own a deli I knew the producers who were making it and trusted it - but it's still a risk and you need to decide if you are prepared to take it. I like the halloumi suggestion, grilled halloumi and mango salad is delicious, otherwise you could go with a hard cheese instead.

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FYI - All Australian soft cheeses are pasteurised (it's law) some hard cheeses are not (most of them are imported). The Listeria risk is not from if it is pasteurised or not. Australia doesn't have a huge listeria problem but it can still occur even though our cheeses are pasteurised. Having said that I ate soft cheese in my last trimester, but since I own a deli I knew the producers who were making it and trusted it - but it's still a risk and you need to decide if you are prepared to take it. I like the halloumi suggestion, grilled halloumi and mango salad is delicious, otherwise you could go with a hard cheese instead.

Yep, this! You wont find unpasturised cheese in this country. Personally, it's up to your own judgement on it. If you have avoided cheeses for the pg, maybe you might have to skip it this time as well. I never worried about cheeses and ate them like they were going out of fashion when I was pg, but I felt the risk of any problems was low to non existent. So long as you know where the cheese has come from and has always been kept at the right temp, then it should be fine, but it's up to you and where your comfort zone is.