Food	Allowed	Not Allowed
Water	Tap water. Bottled fizzy water.Ice cubes. Use clean trays	Filtered water.Still bottled water. Water from well, unless boiled
Drinks	Tea, coffee, Ovaltine, Horlicks, Bovril, Oxo, Marmite, etc., Canned and bottled fizzy drinks, Fruit squash. Use within 3 days of opening, or 5 days if kept in a fridge. U	Fruit juices other than UHT
Milk	Fresh pasteurised, UHT or tinned milk. Use within 1-2 days of opening if it smells fresh.	Unpasteurised milk (green top)
Cream	Pasteurised, UHT or tinned milk. Use within 1 - 2 days of opening if smells fresh.	Unpasteurised milk (Green top).
Cheese	Vacuum-wrapped hard cheese. May be eaten raw for up to 5 days after opening, or cooked for up to 7 - 10 days after opening. Processed cheese triangles.	Unwrapped cheese. Brie, Camembert, Cambozola, Blue cheese, Cream cheese, Cottage cheese. Any cheese with visible mould on it.
Yoghurt	Pasteurised or UHT yoghurt, including live yoghurt.	Unpasteurised yoghurt. Framoage Frais.
Eggs	Eggs cooked till yolk and white set, e.g. hard boiled, or cooked well in a food such as in a cake. Pasteurised egg. Eggs should be stored in a fridge once purchased.	Raw or partially cooked egg, or foods containing them, i.e.. home-made mayonnaise, mousses, ice cream, soufflé, royal icing, soft meringue, egg custard, egg flip.
Fats and Oils	Store in a fridge and keep clean. Use a clean knife.	Butter or margarine with crumbs, jam, etc. in it.
Meat, Fish	Freshly cooked meat and fish. Must be cooked thoroughly. Shellfish must be very thoroughly cooked. Eat meat products well before best before date. Cold meat cooled quickly. Vacuum packed cold meat. Tinned patés, jars of paste. Wrapped, cooked meat products e.g. pork pies, from reputable shops. Frozen meals from reputable manufacturer. Heat in oven till piping hot. UHT (long-life) meals. Cook chilled foods. See previous advice. Tinned meat and fish.	Raw, rare or partially cooked meat or fish, including smoked fish. Ready to eat poultry. Unwrapped meat or fish from delicatessen. Paté bought loose. Vacuum packed patés. Unwrapped pies etc. from delicatessen.
Vegetables	Fresh and frozen vegetables, freshly cooked. Vegetables may be eaten cold, if cooked, and then cooled quickly under running water. Peeled raw carrot. Peeled raw cucumber. Tinned vegetables. May be cooked or eaten cold.	Bruised or mouldy vegetables.   All other salad.
Fruit	Washed and peeled fresh fruit, e.g. apples, bananas, oranges, pears. Cooked berry fruits, e.g. strawberries and blackcurrants. Tinned fruit.	Bruised or mouldy fruit. Grapes Uncooked, soft berry fruits. Dried fruit unless cooked.
Bread	Fresh bread. Use within 2 days of either purchase or defrosting	Stale bread
Biscuits	Keep fresh in airtight container and use within 5 days of opening
Cake	Bought or home-made cake, within 2 days of baking. Store in air tight container. Wrapped bought cakes should be eaten well within useby date.	Cake decorated with raw nuts. Stale cake.
Breakfast Cereals	Use within 2 weeks of opening	Cereals containing raw nuts or raw dried fruit.
Dry Goods	Flour, cornflour, rice, pasta, custard powder, semolina etc. Should be well cooked. Keep sugar clean.
Crisps and Nuts	Crisps. Salted nuts. Roasted or cooked nuts.	Raw, unsalted nuts.
Sweets and Chocolates	Wrapped sweets and chocolate.	Unwrapped sweets and chocolate. Chocolate containing raw nuts or dried fruit.
Ice-Cream	Individually wrapped ice-creams, ice lollies and ice pops.	Soft whip ice-cream from machines. Ice cream from large tubs.
Sauces, Pickles, Jams	Buy small jars and store in a fridge once opened. Keep tops clean and use clean cutlery.	Any with mould growing on it
Salt, Spices	Salt. Cooked pepper and spices.	Uncooked pepper and Spices.
Alcohol*	Wines, spirits, sherry, beer, cider.	Fruit in drinks, e.g. slice of lemon.

 *If you are on any medication, check with your doctor before drinking alcohol.

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