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Scared about food poisoning - losing perspective please help!

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Paranoidpleasehelp · 05/09/2018 16:58

Ok I’ve name-changed for this because I also texted a friend about it who I know is on here. And also I’m a bit ashamed of how silly I am (probably) being!

So I got a bag of frozen fruit out of the freezer, ate some and put some in a bowl which I heated and ate. It wasn’t until I returned the bag to the freezer that I realised they had been squashed up right inside an open pack of chicken thighs (the clingfilm had come off spmehow) - so the fruit bag was right in contact with the uncovered chicken.

I’m nearly 38 weeks pregnant and I’m very worried now that I will have got food poisoning bacteria on my hands from the bag and therefore into my mouth, and this will harm the baby. I didn’t wash my hands before eating the fruit as I wasn’t aware of the chicken until afterwards. I’ve since read that freezing does not killl bacteria.

Am I over-reacting? I know there is little I can do and my friend correctly said I must put it out of my mind, but Im struggling to do so.

Thanks for any calm words of wisdom!

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BillywilliamV · 05/09/2018 17:03

You are almost certainly fine, Id say chance of Salmonella from this is about 1 in 1000 ....but WRAP YOUR CHICKEN UP NEXT TIME!

Paranoidpleasehelp · 05/09/2018 17:04

Haha agreed @BillyWilliamV ! Thanks for replying. It was wrapped but obviously not sufficiently as tne wrapping had come off. As a knee-jerk reaction I threw the chicken away - yeah like that’s going to achieve anything!!

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BillywilliamV · 05/09/2018 17:17

Nah, evil birds - chickens, serves 'em right!
Let us know youre definitely Okay though.

Good Luck with the baby!

Paranoidpleasehelp · 05/09/2018 17:29

Thank you!

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