Abstract

The aim of the study is to determine the microbial pollutants and the contaminants from heavy metals in tea samples that collected from Tikrit city markets in Iraqi. The results showed that pH of drinks black tea was when values at 4.9-4.7 while in green tea samples at 5.5-5.3, and the microbial contamination from aerobic bacteria, Staphylococci, anaerobic bacteria and fungi in a total counts from each them were as at not allowed levels depending to the European standard specifications, while the concentration of heavy metals within the permissible limits compared to the Iraqi standard specification for tea drinks.

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The article was added to IASJ on 2016-11-16

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