Medical

mackerel food poisoning

A clinical form of intoxication caused by consumption of mackerel, tuna and other scombroid fish, which results from histamine produced from tryptophan by marine microbes found in contaminated fish meat.

Clinical findings
Hot flushes, headaches, diarrhoea.

Prognosis
Excellent; most cases resolve within hours.

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