Abstract

The repackaging of locally processed beverage drinks (especially kunu, zobo and soya drink) in already used, discarded, and ready to discarded branded plastic containers have become a common practice in most developing countries. Due to poor processing of drinks, sterility of containers, and non-adherence to aseptic measures these beverages drink by smallholders, they posed some level of heavy metal contamination. The assessment of the heavy metals was carried out using standard insitu procedures. Results showed that besides iron (0.05 mg/l), other heavy metals like; Arsenic, Cadmium, Chromium, Lead, and Mercury was below the detection limit (i.e. <0.05mg/l). The level of heavy metal contaminants was very low and within the WHO guideline. Based on the findings from the study, the researcher, therefore, conclude that the consumption of locally processed beverage in repackaged branded plastic containers is relatively unsafe.