SUSTAINABILITY IN FOOD TECHNOLOGY
SUSTAINABLE FOOD PACKAGING
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Question
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Which of the following toxins is an example of histamine poisoning?
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Scombrotoxin
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Ciguatoxin
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Mycotoxin
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Paralytic shellfish poisoning
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Tetratoxin
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Scombrotoxin fish poisoning is caused by eating fish that has high levels of histamine, which is the result of not being properly refrigerated or preserved. Symptoms typically develop within a few minutes to an hour after eating mishandled and decomposed fish.
Detailed explanation-2: -Histamine toxicity, also known as scombroid poisoning, is a form of food poisoning. Histamine toxicity is sometimes confused with an allergic reaction to fish. Here is why: Some kinds of fish contain naturally high levels of the chemical histidine.
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