title: [Analysis of notifications on exceeding of the acceptable level of histamine according to the RASFF reports].
abstract: The histamine is biogenic amine produced in considerable amounts in fish and fish products contaminated with bacteria. Histamine content in fish should not exceed 200 mg/kg, higher levels can cause poisoning and the concentrations above 1000 mg/kg are toxic and may be dangerous for man. The Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) notifies the exceedances of the permissible level of histamine. In the years 2003-2009 there have been 272 notifications, including 72 alarm and 178 information. High histamine content in tuna exceeding the permissible level up to more than 40-fold (8299 mg/kg), in coryfena (mahi-mahi), more than 17-fold (3490 mg/kg), sardines 9-fold (1820 mg/kg), anchovii (anchovies) and 8-fold (1630 mg/kg) and fish sauce over a 7-fold (1467 mg/kg) was observed.
authors.affiliation: Zakład Badania Zywności i Przedmiotów Uzytku, Narodowy Instytut Zdrowia Publicznego-Państwowy Zakład Higieny, Warszawa. dsawilska@pzh.gov.pl
authors.forename: Dorota
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sawilska-Rautenstrauch
authors.forename: Halina
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gawarska
authors.forename: Kazimierz
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Karlowski
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005396:Fish Products / Q000032:analysis*; D005399:Fishes / Q000382:microbiology*; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis*; D005516:Food Microbiology / Q000592:standards*; D006632:Histamine / Q000032:analysis* / Q000506:poisoning; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D006632:Histamine