One of the major shortcomings of herbal preparations in the developing countries is the unhygienic conditions under which they are produced. In the present study, it was observed that herbal preparation A and B are not sterile (Table 1). Bacteria that are of health importance such as Bacillus species were isolated from the herbal products. The presence of Bacillus species may be as a result of inadequate heat processing, improper handling of products and contaminated processing equipment (Frazier and Westhoff, 2003). The bogus claim that herbal preparation A is a complete antimicrobial remedy with 99.9% efficacy may not also be true. The results shows that herbal preparation has bacteriostatic and not bacteriocidal effect (Figure 1). More so, a higher concentration of the product (1g/ml) was used before a slight antibacterial effect was observed. The same