Food type

Foods to be avoided

Foods allowed

Cheese

All matured or aged cheese

Fresh cottage cheese, ricotta cheese, cream cheese, and processed cheese slices

Casseroles made with these cheeses (e.g., lasagne).

Fresh milk products. (e.g., sour cream, ice cream, yogurt)

Meat

Fermented/dry sausage (e.g., pepperoni, mortadella

salami, summer sausage)

All fresh packaged or processed meat such as hot dogs, fish, or poultry: store in refrigerator immediately and eat as soon as possible.

Improperly stored meat, fish, or poultry

Improperly stored pickled herring

Fruits & vegetables

Fava or broad bean pods (not beans)

Banana pulp

Banana peels

All other fruits and vegetables

Beverages

Tap (draft) beer

Alcohol: no more than two bottled or canned beers or two 4-ounce glasses of wine per day

Miscellaneous

Marmite concentrated yeast extract

Other yeast extract (e.g., Brewer’s yeast)

Sauerkraut

Pizzas without aged cheeses

Soy sauce or other soy bean condiments

Tofu, soy milk