Here are some food safety tips during pregnancy:
Keep it cold
- Shop with a cooler bag
- Put any food that needs to be kept cold directly in the fridge
- Only eat chilled foods if they have come straight from the fridge
- Defrost and marinate food in the fridge, especially meats
Keep it hot
- Cook/reheat foods until they're steaming hot
- Make sure there's no pink left in cooked meats/fish
- Look for clear juices before eating freshly cooked chicken or pork
- Heat to boiling all marinades containing raw meat juices before serving
Keep it clean
- Wash and dry hands thoroughly before starting to prepare or eat any food, even a snack
- Separate raw and cooked food and use different cutting boards and knives for each
- Don't let raw meat juices drip onto other foods
Check the label
- Use food within the use-by-date
- Follow storage and cooking instructions
- Ask for information about unpackaged foods e.g. ready-to-eat salads