Sixty years ago, an article on the sanitation of crushed ice was published in theJournal of the American Medical Association.[1] The authors commented that an investigation of crushed ice revealed heavy contamination with coliform organisms. They opined that the contaminants can be introduced into crushed ice in many ways, chiefly by dust from the floors of freezing rooms, trucks and restaurants as well as by reusing soiled containers and through human handcontact. Of these, it was no small wonder that handling during dispensing was found to be the most prolific source.