Technically speaking, most feta on the market in Australia is made from pasteurised milk and therefore should be ok.
Pregnant women should avoid foods such as soft or semi soft pasteurised white cheeses (e.g. brie, camembert, feta, blue, mozzarella, ricotta) unless thoroughly cooked, unpasteurised dairy products, oysters, pre-packed salads and soft serve ice cream.
In the U.S., almost all the products you'll buy that have feta in them will be made with pasteurized milk, so most feta is safe during pregnancy. For extra reassurance, you can usually check the label, which should tell you if the milk used to make the product was pasteurized.
Dodoni – one of the most popular authentic Greek brands, Dodoni lists their feta cheese as being made with pasteurized milk. Athenos – they make a huge variety of feta cheese flavors, and their website lists them as being made with pasteurized milk, so they're safe in pregnancy.
In the U.S., nearly all fresh (unaged, rindless) cheese—like mozzarella, fresh goat cheese/chèvre, ricotta, or feta—is pasteurized. It also means that 99 percent of soft, creamy, spreadable cheeses are pasteurized. Think Laughing Cow, Brie, Camembert, or Taleggio.
Every label on any cheese you buy at the store should clearly indicate whether it's pasteurized or unpasteurized.
Soft, unpasteurized cheeses like feta, Brie, Camembert, blue-veined cheeses, and goat — as well as ready-to-eat meats like hot dogs and deli meats — may contain Listeria, bacteria that cause mild flu-like symptoms in most adults but can be very dangerous for unborn babies.
Avoid soft cheeses (e.g., brie, camembert, ricotta, feta, blue cheese) soft serve ice-cream and unpasteurised dairy products. Soft cheeses in cooked dishes are safe. Avoid uncooked or smoked seafood and pre-cooked prawns. Freshly cooked seafood and canned seafood is safe.
The milk used to prepare feta is collected seasonally and must have a fat content of at least 6%. It can be prepared both from pasteurised and unpasteurised milk but colourants, preservatives, lacto-proteins, casein salts or condensed or powdered milk are never added.
Traditionally feta was made with unpasteurised milk however industrial diaries now must use pasteurised milk due to concerns over public health and export regulations. The milk is pasteurised at a minimum of 71.1ºC for fifteen seconds or any equivalent time-temperature combination.
The only caveat is that it must be made with pasteurised milk. If you live in Australia, that shouldn't be too much of an issue. Most of the commercially available halloumi cheeses that you will find in the fridge at your local supermarket with almost certainly be made with pasteurised milk.
soft, unpasteurized cheeses (often advertised as "fresh") such as some feta, goat, Brie, Camembert, and blue-veined cheeses, and Mexican queso fresco.
Safe milk will have the word “pasteurized” on the label. If the word “pasteurized” does not appear on a product's label, it may contain raw milk. Don't hesitate to ask your grocer or health food store clerk whether milk or cream has been pasteurized, especially milk or milk products sold in refrigerated cases.
Ingredients:- A Cheese Prepared From Pasteurised Cows Milk, Palm Oil, Salt, Starter Cultures, Microbial Rennet,lipase. Contains: Milk.
Ingredients. Pasteurised Cow's Milk, Salt, Starter Cultures, Non-animal Rennet.
Australian feta is usually made from cow's milk. The texture and flavour can vary, but it's generally a happy medium between the saltiness of Greek feta and the creaminess of Danish feta.
Don't eat mould-ripened soft cheese, such as brie, camembert and chevre (a type of goat's cheese) and others with a similar rind. You should also avoid ricotta, feta, mozzarella, bocconcini and blue-veined cheeses. These may contain listeria, which can get in during the manufacturing process.
Pregnant women are about 10 times more likely to get listeriosis than other healthy adults. An estimated 1/6 of all Listeria cases occur in pregnant women.
PROTECTED DESIGNATION OF ORIGIN (P.D.O.) Cheese from pasteurized sheep and goat's milk.
Ideas to enjoy them safely include: Take your own platter to parties so you have more confidence in the storage conditions. Choose hard cheeses or labneh (e.g. yoghurt cheese) or cream cheese. Include yoghurt-based dips like tzatziki or olive-oil based dips like pesto – avoid hummus.
Pizzas are safe to eat in pregnancy, as long they're cooked thoroughly and piping hot. Mozzarella is perfectly safe, but be cautious about pizzas topped with soft, mould-ripened cheeses, such as brie and camembert, and blue-veined cheeses, such as Danish blue.
Nearly all cheeses made in the United States are pasteurized by default, but you may run into unpasteurized cheese at a farmer's market or if you buy imported cheese at the grocery store. Avoid unpasteurized soft cheese during pregnancy because it may contain listeria, a type of bacteria that can lead to listeriosis.
Soft, unpasteurized cheeses like feta can contain Listeria monocytogenes, a bacterium that can cause mild flu-like symptoms in adults. The bacterium may be quite harmful to unborn babies, however, and pregnant women are advised not to consume unpasteurized cheeses.
Simply put, hummus is one of the healthiest foods for pregnancy out there. Packed with everything a mother's body needs, it's commonly cited as a prime ingredient in healthy pregnancy snacks.
Finally in 2012, Australia let local cheesemakers create raw milk cheese. Mostly these are similar to the hard, aged cheeses that had been imported for years.