Cheese
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Topic: Cheese
Posted By: heaf3
Subject: Cheese
Date Posted: 01 October 2010 at 2:17pm
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Ok so I have read some of the other threads on here regarding cheese and looked at the NZFSA website, but it doesnt actually give a proper list of what cheeses we can have!
So wondering if anyone can help me. Brie/camembert - thats a no go right? aside from if its hot? Cheddar/edam/colby etc - they are all fine right? feta - is this a no go? cream cheese/cottage cheese? havarti?? or any of the same similar types such as gouda? and i don't know if any of you have heard of it, but there is one that is one of my favourites, called airedale. it is so scrummy. anyone know if this will be allowed? they are usually wedges cut off a round waxed cheese. hoping someone can help! seeing as i totally love cheese and i don't want to be eating edam my whole pregnancy LOL. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: monikah
Date Posted: 01 October 2010 at 2:22pm
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cream cheese if it is a freshly opened packet, kept in the fridge and consumed within 24 hours.
camembert, brie etc if consumed within 24 hours of opening. or if hot dont know the others as these are the only ones i eat ------------- 
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Posted By: ArielAngel
Date Posted: 01 October 2010 at 3:06pm
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My understanding is that most (maybe all?) cheese in NZ is made from pasturised milk, so should be fine anyway, but of course have been exercising caution.
My interpretation was that hard cheese was fine - and I put edam, colby, cheddar etc into that category. Any other cheese (including cream cheese etc) I have been buying and eating on the day of purchase (refridgerated until being used/eaten). If there is any left over I've been heating it up within a couple of days purchase. But this is just my approach and everything has been fine so far. Everyone has different opinions on what is safe though, so just find out as much as you can, talk to your midwife and then make a decision on what you feel comfortable with. ------------- After 16 months TTC, surprise BFP July 10 DD1 Mar 11 After 9 months TTC, BFP on 4th Clomid cycle Feb 13 DD2 Oct 13 |
Posted By: Marengo
Date Posted: 01 October 2010 at 3:19pm
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aah you just reminded me of my fave cheese that i havne teaten in ages.. port salut.. is divine!! i dont know about the sort of semisoft ones like that but i would imagine that they would be the same as the regular 'soft' ones.. ?? not sure though
and feta is no go unless its hot also.. i have been also taking ariels approach, (though i ate some brie in early pregnancy and freaked out,.. but it was fine, and it was a day old also lol, but it really made my sandwhich taste so great!) ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Red
Date Posted: 01 October 2010 at 3:40pm
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I ate all of those if I knew they were freshly opened or hadn't been sitting out. The only one I didn't eat was blue cheese.
Your right, it is really only unpasteruised cheese that is the issue, but don't think we have any of that in NZ anyways?? ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: fire_engine
Date Posted: 01 October 2010 at 3:54pm
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Yes, we do now have unpasteurised cheese, but it's not in the standard (supermarket brand) cheeses from my understanding - it's usually in the imported cheeses.
From the latest FSA info (which has changed since my first trimester!) : unpasteurised - no soft pasteurised (e.g. brie) - if hot (though I eat it if freshly opened) hard yellow - fine but only buy small quantities at a time (oops) cottage/cream/feta - fine if fresh (up to 2 days post opening) Personal choice at the end of the day. ------------- Mum to two wee boys |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 01 October 2010 at 4:16pm
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All is fine so long it is pasturised. It is a personal choice but if you want it eat it. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: AuntieSarah
Date Posted: 02 October 2010 at 1:28pm
God the food safety website is annoying me, it seems to change the rules all the time!  Ffs.
I eat anything that's freshly opened including blue, brie, feta etc. The food safety website said this was ok about a month ago. |
Posted By: MyLilSquishy
Date Posted: 02 October 2010 at 7:10pm
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camembert/brie - made in NZ with pasturised milk is fine. dont eat ones made with unpasturised milk.
hard cheeses (blocks... edam/colby/tasty etc) are fine. cream cheese - fresh/new packet within 24 hours (but tbh i was still eating mine about 72 hours after i opened it lol) feta - pasturised milk, fresh packet within about 24 hours airedale - ask about pasteurisation (or read ingredients) if so then i dont see a problem - treat it like a hard cheese/block i guess? the food safety website changes all the time. and tbh i was really antsy about what i did and didnt eat at the start... but then i was buying salami and egg salad from the supermarket deli... so im prolly not the best person to ask  hehe
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Posted By: rachelsea
Date Posted: 04 October 2010 at 7:01pm
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Mmmm cream cheese... When pregnant with DD I would often go to Wholly Bagels at lunch and get a cream cheese bagel ------------- DD 4yrs DS 2yrs http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: bumblebee
Date Posted: 04 October 2010 at 8:15pm
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Theyve got it all pretty much covered, ill just add that dont have the cheeses from the deli (the part wher they slice chucks off for you) as you dont kno when they have opeened that cheese and how long it has been sitting there ------------- [URL=http://lilyslim.com][IMG]http://swlm.lilyslim.com/xSCep12.png][/URL] [URL=http://lilypie.com][IMG]http://lb1m.lilypie.com/yjadp12.png][/URL] |
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Date Posted: 22 May 2021 at 2:54pm
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