worried about listeria. .

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chanel95 · 04/05/2014 19:42

hi guys, so today I had a pub roast dinner. .. the potatoes was cold and the chicken was warm but all white no pink I think.. can I contact listeria from this?

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squizita · 04/05/2014 19:50

Incredibly unlikely - listeria is actually very rare. I believe under 20 cases nationally in the last decade or something like that.

Unfortunately sounds like a dinner that went a bit cold. :( Not nice but not dangerous.

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chanel95 · 04/05/2014 20:16

oh right lol I thought I read that 1,600 listeria cases happened in 2013 america I think

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squizita · 04/05/2014 20:23

America is HUGE compared to the UK - it is very rare! Here is an article which mentions about it: www.theguardian.com/society/2007/may/29/health.medicineandhealth

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chanel95 · 04/05/2014 20:26

ohh right.. thank you

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TobyLerone · 04/05/2014 20:27

You're going to have a very stressful pregnancy of you overanalyse everything you eat.

Relax a bit!

kally195 · 04/05/2014 20:37

Yep - UK figures are nothing like the USA. According to the HPA, there were 147 confirmed cases of listeria in the UK in 2011, 16% of which were pregnancy related.

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chanel95 · 04/05/2014 20:48

thank you

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PenguinsLoveFishFingers · 04/05/2014 20:56

Yuck! Sounds like a nasty pub dinner with cold potato. What a disappointment!

I agree, very unlikely to be a listeria risk though. It's very rare, and those aren't particularly risky foods.

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chanel95 · 04/05/2014 21:06

was very dissapointing lol! thanks, just me worrying as any new mum to be would :) thank you all so much for the reassurance

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