Histamine is a product of decomposition of histidine caused by the growth of certain bacteria in seafood. Fish containing high levels of histamine has been associated with many examples of poisoning commonly referred to as “scombroid poisoning,” a major health problem for consumers.
For the determination of histamine in different scombroid fish types and for the determination of histamine in fishmeal, LDN offers the AOAC performance tested HistaSureTM ELISAFast Track. After a simple water extraction, the histamine is determined quantitative or semi-quantitative using a simple and fast competitive ELISA.