Health risk assessment of toxic metals and toxigenic fungi in commercial herbal tea samples from Belgrade, Serbia

•Toxic metals (Cd, Pb, As, Mn, Ni, Cr) were measured in 14 commercial herbal teas.•The estimated daily intakes of 6 tested metals through herbal tea were low.•A total fungal content in all the samples did not exceed the legislative standard.•Toxigenic Aspergilli. and Penicillias - major detected fungal contaminants.•Risk assessment results: all tested samples - safe regarding metal/fungi content.