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Histamine is a product of the bacterial decarboxylation of the amino acid histidine, which occurs in fish tissues. The aim of the study was to determine the content of histamine in different canned fish (n = 80). The high performance liquid chromatography with diode array detection (HPLC-DAD) method was used. Histamine was detected in 17 out of 80 (21.3%) of the canned fish samples. The highest concentration of this biogenic amine was found in “herring in oil” (182.1 mg/kg). In the remaining canned fish the histamine level was between