2/25/2021

Histamine Fish Poisoning

  • Most frequently cause of illness in seafood

 

  • Caused by ingestion of histamine (>500 ppm)

 

  • Prevalent throughout the world

 

  • Histamine - produced by bacteria during elevated temperature storage of fish

 

Histamine in Tuna

  • Histamine is produced by histamine-producing bacteria

 

 

 

 

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