It has been suggested that BA have been the causative agents
behind a number of food poisoning episodes, the most notorious
being those caused by histamine. Histamine poisoning is also
known as scombroid poisoning owing to the association of this
illness with the consumption of scombroid fish (Taylor, 1983).
With respect to cheese, BA food poisoning is caused by high
levels of tyramine; indeed, this is known as “cheese reaction”
(Silla Santos, 1996).