Volume 19, Issue 1 (April 2012)                   J Birjand Univ Med Sci. 2012, 19(1): 51-58 | Back to browse issues page

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1- Department of Public Health, School of Public Health, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran.
2- Department of Public Health, School of Public Health, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran. , omrezaei@yahoo.com
3- Faculty of Agriculture, Birjand University, Birjand, Iran.
4- Laboratory, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran
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Background and Aim: In order to best use from traditional medicine, world health organization suggested hygiene in making products and traditional healing method. Considering the great importance of different types of drug distillates and different uses of traditional & industrial, the amount of fungal and bacteria pollution in sweat chicory, Tp and forty traditional essences was studied in Birjand shops. Materials and Methods: In this method 30 sample of traditional and industrial sweat chicory, Tp and forty traditional was selected from Birjand city for bacterial (total coli form, fecal coli forms) and fungal pollution and was transferred to laboratory and were analyzed according 7725-1 and 997 number standard of Iran. Results: Based on the results, in 1 case of TP and forty traditional essences fungus penicillium and sweat chicory aspergillus and penicillium fungi were isolated. In 80% TP and forty traditional essences & sweat chicory samples microbial pollution were detected and from these samples 20% sweat chicory and TP had coli form pollution & 20% TP and sweat chicory & forty traditional essences had fecal coli form pollution. 80% industrial samples of sweat chicory had microbial pollution and from these 100% had coli form pollution. Conclusion: According to the results, surveillance should be done more in various stages of preparation and distribution of these essences.

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Type of Study: Original Article | Subject: Environmental Health
Received: 2012/06/21 | Accepted: 2016/03/10 | ePublished: 2016/03/10

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