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Scombrotoxin and scombrotoxin-like poisoning from canned fish

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2010

C. K. Murray ,
G. Hobbs  and
R. J. Gilbert
C. K. Murray
Affiliation:
Torry Research Station, 135 Abbey Road, Aberdeen AB9 8DG
G. Hobbs
Affiliation:
Torry Research Station, 135 Abbey Road, Aberdeen AB9 8DG
R. J. Gilbert
Affiliation:
Food Hygiene Laboratory, Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5HT
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A number of scombrotoxin poisoning incidents which have recently occurred in the UK following the consumption of canned fish have been investigated. Symptoms are described and the relationship between the histamine content of incriminated samples and toxicity is discussed.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 88 , Issue 2 , April 1982 , pp. 215 - 220
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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