Recently, Mah and Hwang studied biogenic amine reduction in Myeolchi-jeot, a salted and fermented anchovy (Engraulis japonicas), by applying starter cultures during ripening. S. xylosus No 0538 degraded histamine and tyramine by 38% and 4%, respectively, and the total biogenic amine level was decreased by 16% After 120 days of fermentation in
fish sauce, the histamine concentrations were reduced by 27.7% and 15.7% in samples inoculated with S. carnosus FS19 and B. myloliquefaciens FS05, respectively, compared to control samples In Taiwan, some salted fish products had histamine contents greater than the 5.0 mg/100g allowable limit suggested by the US Food and Drug Administration Therefore, the histamine-degrading isolate, B. polymyxa D05-1, isolated from Taiwanese salted fish product in this study, might be used as a starter culture in inhibiting histamine accumulation during salted fish product fermentation