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Histamine Formation and Bacterial Spoilage of Albacore Harvested off the U.S. Northwest Coast
Author(s) -
Kim S. H.,
An H.,
Price R. J.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of food science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1750-3841
pISSN - 0022-1147
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1999.tb15896.x
Subject(s) - albacore , food spoilage , histamine , tuna , thunnus , chemistry , trimethylamine , food science , fishery , fish <actinopterygii> , zoology , biology , biochemistry , bacteria , genetics , endocrinology
Iced and previously frozen albacore were monitored for histamine formation and bacterial growth during storage at 0–37°C. The optimum temperature for histamine formation in albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga) was 25°C, and whole fish were more susceptible to histamine formation than dressed fish at that temperature. Storage at 25°C resulted in the highest histamine level, 60.4 mg/100g in whole fish stored for 7 days. When albacore were frozen prior to storage, reduced amount of histamine was found at 7.14 mg/100 g after 7 day storage at 25°C, only after decomposition became obvious. No histamine was found in any of the albacore samples stored in ice for 18 days.