The presence of biogenic amines in foods is of considerable\udpublic concern for the food industry and the regulatory\udagencies, since given the potential health hazard, there is a\udgrowing demand from consumers and control authorities to reduce\udthe allowable limits of biogenic amines in foods and beverages.\udRapid and simple methods are needed for the analysis\udof the ability to form biogenic amines by bacteria in order to\udevaluate the potential risk of bacterial occurring in some food\udproducts. Analytical chromatographic methods used for routine\udbiogenic amine analysis of food substrates have been applied\udto bacterial cultures. Specifi c differential culture media for the\udpresumptive identifi cation of biogenic amine-producer bacteria\udhave been developed. Recently, several PCR based methods targeting\udamino acid decarboxylases have been described. These\udlatter molecular methods, in addition to its rapidity and specifi city,\udoffer the advantage of the identifi cation of producer bacteria\udbefore the amine is synthesized
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