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2003; Komprda et al. 2004). The presence in tion (Bover-Cid and Holzapfel 1999; Pereira food of biogenic amines (BA), such as cadav- et al. 2001). erine, putrescine, spermidine, histamine, The use of starter cultures with negative phenethylamine, agmatine, and tyramine, is decarboxylase activity was shown to prevent a health concern because their biological the growth of biogenic amine producers and effect can lead to toxicological symptoms, lead to end products nearly free of BA, as such as pseudo-allergic reactions, histaminic long as the raw material was of sufficient intoxication, and interaction with drugs quality. Several papers have reported on the (Shalaby 1996). Excessive consumption of ability of selected starter culture (L. sakei these amines could cause nervous, gastric, CTC494) to greatly reduce BA accumulation