Tartare sauce in a restaurant

[ButterflySally]

Hello all

I am having a little bit of a food-related pregnancy panic. I'm 26+1 weeks and today went for a nice lunch of fish and chips in a restaurant, accompanied by made-from-scratch tartare sauce. It only occurred to me half-way through my meal that it would be likely to be made with raw eggs (like mayonnaise). I checked with the waitress and, sure enough, it was made with raw eggs. I stopped eating it straight away but feel worried now.

How much of an issue is the raw egg thing? Is it just to prevent salmonella poisoning? If so, I feel a bit more comfortable with this as I know chickens in the UK are vaccinated against salmonella. But do raw eggs also contain the risk of listeria??

as far as I know the raw egg thing is just about salmonella - so you'll more than likely be fine. You've made me hungry now though :)

I wouldnt worry to be honest...

Friend of mine had a craving for dippy eggs and soldiers and she ate them a lot. I wouldn't but like you I PANIC. This one off shouldn't do you any harm. I mean what are the chances.

Eggs these days are fairly good re salmonella so it's unlikely that you'll get ill from eating raw ones. Re listeria, it's been a few hours since you ate so I should think the tartar sauce was fine. Food poisoning usually doesn't take more than a hour or 2 after eating to rear it's head

As far as I'm aware, the highest risk with raw eggs is of salmonella (though not really an issue with UK eggs), although there were a few mentions of listeria - to be sure, check with your doctor, but try not to worry.

Even if there is the slightest risk, it's a risk that isn't worth taking.

It's a salmonella thing. I am 12+5. Ate raw cake mix yesterday, seem to be OK. Eggs were Lionmarked.