Bacon paranoia

[Bumblingonby]

Sure I'm being a bit silly here but humour me... I've read all the nhs guidance but it can be hard to square it with restaurant/shop food. Been having bacon muffins from Leon (am 7 weeks and a bit) and thought fine as cafe bacon will obviously be cooked through. But then read something about how you shouldn't eat bacon from restaurants as you don't know how well cooked it is or how long it's been cooling down and I'm now paranoid about listeriosis. Obvi if it was crispy bacon i wouldn't worry but its been more that kind of pallid meaty stuff. Anyone here who's eaten cafe bacon butties while pregnant and not poisoned your child, please reassure me!

This is a non-issue, you’re absolutely fine and so is your baby. Just don’t eat raw meat, and stop googling!

Pregnancy is a new kind of stress and it’s normal to worry. But this isn’t a problem

There is no issue here at all. You would know if you'd been made seriously ill by something you'd eaten as you'd have noticed being ill!

A big chain like Leon will have fastidious food hygiene measures in place. They're not going to risk feeding customers undercooked bacon and their food will be stored according to FSA guidance. You really have nothing to worry about.

I ate runny eggs and pink steak during pregnancy having weighed up the risks. The risks are minimal.

Thanks both!

They will have scrupulous practices in place, they can’t risk being sued. It will be cooked for a prescribed time at a prescribed temperature.

You'll be fine. I ate pink steak and smoked salmon and all is well