The invention discloses a method for detecting biogenic amine in food. The invention detects the biogenic amine in the food by respectively using the high efficiency liquid chromatography or the ultra-high efficiency liquid chromatography. The invention determines the opposite-phase high efficiency liquid chromatography chromatographic conditions suitable for detecting the biogenic amine in bean paste, clarifies the chromatographic column, detection wavelength, mobile phase and column temperature, and detects the biogenic amine in the bean paste by respectively using a diode array detector and a fluorescence detector. The invention also uses the ultra-high efficiency liquid chromatography in detecting the biogenic amine the in bean paste, determines the chromatographic column and the mobile phase of the ultra-high efficiency liquid chromatography, constructs the conditions of the ultra-high efficiency liquid chromatography for detecting the biogenic amine in the bean paste, and detects the biogenic amine in the bean paste by respectively using a UV-detector and a fluorescence detector. The two methods have favorable linear relationship within the detection range and satisfy the requirements for current detection of residual biogenic amine. The experiment proves that the method of the invention can accurately and sensitively detect the content and varieties of the biogenic amine in the food.