Goats cheese safe?

[DogsAndGin]

Just bought some yummy spreadable goats cheese, but it doesn’t say anywhere on the packaging if it is pasteurised. Anybody happen to know if it is safe? Thank you

Not safe, sorry - risk of listeria

It's all contained on NHS website:

What you can eat
• pasteurised or unpasteurised hard cheeses, such as cheddar, Gruyere and parmesan
• pasteurised semi-hard cheeses, such as Edam and Stilton
• pasteurised soft cheeses, such as cottage cheese, mozzarella, feta, cream cheese, paneer, ricotta, halloumi, goats' cheese without a white coating on the outside (rind) and processed cheese spreads
• soft or blue cheese (pasteurised or unpasteurised) that has been cooked until steaming hot
• pasteurised milk, yoghurt, cream and ice cream
What to avoid
• any other foods made from unpasteurised milk, such as soft ripened goats' cheese
• pasteurised or unpasteurised mould-ripened soft cheeses with a white coating on the outside, such as Brie, Camembert and chèvre (unless cooked until steaming hot)
• pasteurised or unpasteurised soft blue cheeses, such as Danish blue, Gorgonzola and Roquefort (unless cooked until steaming hot)
• unpasteurised cows' milk, goats' milk, sheep's milk or cream

I think it unlikely that spreadable cheese wouldn't be pasteurised though.

From what I've worked out, in the UK, if it's unpasteurised it has to say so on the packet

If it's raw/unpasteurised it's labelled as such clearly. If it's not labelled as raw/unpasteurised then it's safe to consume, it's not worth the risk to the producer of the products to be using raw milk and not making it clear.

You could always email the company who makes it to check

If its goats cheese without a rind then it should be OK.