studied the total plate counts on beverage dispensers in use in University dining halls as well as on an identical but new beverage dispenser situated in their laboratory. In the first equipment the microbial counts were highest immediately after a beverage had been dispensed and then declined gradually over time. However, microbial counts in the laboratory dispenser were initially low, but increased over time. Furthermore, they observed a relationship between high microbial counts obtained by swabbing the inside of the dispenser tips and the presence of biofilms. These authors reflected that the use of a higher concentration (100-ppm chlorine solution) of sanitizer may reduce microbial counts on beverage dispenser tips. In our study 12% and 43% of the total examined lots exceed the adopted limits of mesophilic aerobic counts and Enterobacteriaceae, respectively. Piló et al. (2009) detected S. aureus in two out of twenty orange juice samples in a range from 2 to 6.5 × 103 CFU/ml and all samples (n = 20) were positive for total coliforms and thermotolerant coliforms from 16.0 MPN/ml and from