Chorizo...

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Can I eat it?

(Short but sweet!)

Hope so, I've scoffed loads of it!

you can if it's the cooked kind but not the one you'd get in a cold meats platter... I'm Spanish and we eat so much there that the guidance is that you can't have any cold meats chorizo,iberico ham etc until you get some tests done... some mums are told they can but the majority get a positive result and have to avoid such meats throughout the pregnancy.
hope it helps xxxx

Yep as already mentioned if cooked its fine ie in chicken and chorizo stew or on pizza, but as part of a cold meat platter no as its only cured I think

current nhs advice is this:

Cold cured meats include salami, parma ham, chorizo and pepperoni. Some countries advise pregnant women to avoid eating cold cured meats or smoked fish as there is a small risk of these foods harbouring listeria, or the toxoplasma parasite that causes toxoplasmosis. Currently in the UK we don't advise pregnant women to avoid these products. However, if you are at all concerned, you might choose to avoid cured meats and smoked fish while you are pregnant.

The Food Standards Agency is reviewing its toxoplasmosis and listeria advice to vulnerable groups, including pregnant women, and we'll post the reviewed advice on this page as soon as it's available

Advice from the nhs is:
Cold cured meats include salami, parma ham, chorizo and pepperoni. Some countries advise pregnant women to avoid eating cold cured meats or smoked fish as there is a small risk of these foods harbouring listeria, or the toxoplasma parasite that causes toxoplasmosis. Currently in the UK we don't advise pregnant women to avoid these products. However, if you are at all concerned, you might choose to avoid cured meats and smoked fish while you are pregnant.

Website:www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/pages/foods-to-avoid-pregnant.aspx

Thanks everyone, helpful as always!

I'm going to go and tuck into chorizo soup for lunch now!