Validation Study of BioSystems® Y15 Histamine Dehydrogenase Kit for the Detection of Histamine in Fish and Fishery Products: AOAC Performance Tested MethodSM 072001.

Background: BioSystems has developed a histamine kit for automated procedure, through the use of a Y15 analyzer, for quantification of histamine in fish and fishery products.

Objective: Validate the method under the specific guidelines of the AOAC Research Institute Performance Tested MethodSM (PTM) program.

Method: Samples are extracted with boiling water.