The final BA contents in fermented sausages depend on the microbial composition of meat used as raw material, but also on the type and activity of the starer culture inoculated. Most strains of L. curvatus, one of the main species used as a starter in sausage production, are associated with high BA production (Bover-Cid and Holzapfel 1999; Pereira et al. 2001).