Histamine

From: Libia Chavez (libia.chavez@gmail.com)
Date: Sat Sep 10 2005 - 16:00:11 PDT

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    Dear seafood listers,

    My question is about histamine and other biogenic amines. Is histamine the
    only biogenic amine that is considered a hazard in seafoods or could other
    spoilage products be also identified as a hazard in the HACCP plan?
    Aside from the scombroid fishes, what is chance of other species
    particularly milkfish (Chanos chanos) also developing histamine when
    temperature abused? Actual experience indicate itchiness after consumption
    of milkfish that had been exposed at ambient conditions ( above 25C) too
    long (over 4 hours) during the preparation before freezing. (This was not a
    controlled study just an observation) Can this be attributed to histamine?
    Could a control measure of limiting time of exposure at ambient condition to
    within 30 minutes be valid?

    Thank you.

    Libia.Chavezs@gmail.com



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