Essential foods as part of a daily meal may include numerous kinds of biogenic amines
(BAs) at various concentrations. BAs have a variety of toxicological effects on human health
and have been linked to multiple outbreaks of foodborne disease. BAs also are known to
cause cancer based on their ability to react with nitrite salts, resulting in the production of
carcinogenic organic compounds (nitrosamines). Ingestion of large quantities of BAs in food
causes toxicological effects and health disorders, including psychoactive, vasoactive, and …