Smoked Salmon During Pregnancy: Can You Eat It or Not?
Introduction
If you are pregnant, you have undoubtedly already asked yourself questions about nutrition.
Have you ever wondered, for example, whether you can eat smoked salmon during pregnancy ?
In the next lines, you can find the answer.
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Can you eat smoked salmon during pregnancy?
Smoked salmon should be avoided during pregnancy .
The reason is linked to the fact that the smoking preservation technique, which involves exposing the food product to smoking or burning wood, when done cold reduces the risk of contamination by pathogens such as Listeria monocytogenes, but does not eliminate it completely.
There are several reasons why salmon can become contaminated by the bacteria.
Presence in water after fish is farmed.
Contamination during slaughter or during the preservation process.
It is important to underline the ability of Listeria to reproduce even at very low temperatures.
