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Salad (lettuce, rocket, mixed leaves)

In pregnancy: Caution While breastfeeding: Safe

Rare, but serious if it happens

Why

Safe only if washed well under running water, leaf by leaf. Pre-washed bagged salad needs washing again too. Washing protects against toxoplasmosis, which is caught mainly from raw or undercooked meat.

It changes after the birth

You can eat this again while breastfeeding: the pregnancy-specific risks (listeria, toxoplasmosis, salmonella) no longer apply after birth. Keep normal food hygiene.

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General information, not medical advice. It follows the public guidance for pregnancy and breastfeeding, and it cannot know your own history: for anything about your health or your baby's, the person to ask is your midwife or doctor.

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