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Are there cheeses I shouldn't eat in pregnancy?

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Question: Are there cheeses I shouldn't eat in pregnancy?
Answer: There are some cheeses that are more likely to cause listeria and should be avoided. Here is a list of cheeses to avoid:
  • soft, mold-ripened cheeses
    • Brie
    • Camembert
    • Blue Brie
    • Cambozola
    • Chaumes
    • Pont L'Eveque
    • Prince Jean
    • Tallegio
    • Vacherin-Fribourgeois
    • Weichkaese
  • blue-veined cheeses
    • Danish Blue
    • Stilton
    • Bavarian Blue
    • Bergader
    • Bleu d'Auvergne
    • Blue Shropshire
    • Cabrales
    • Dolcelatte
    • Doppelrhamstuge
    • Eldel pilz
    • Gorgonzola,
    • Romano
    • Roquefort
    • goat cheeses
    • others
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