5 tips for safe packaged ice
If you’re buying ice for your end of summer parties, we’ve got some tips to make sure there’s nothing but water in that ice.
photo: Frank O'Dwyer/Flickr - The bag must be properly closed and secure without drawstring ties
- Ice should be clear, odorless, and tasteless
- The bag should have a product code for traceability
- The bag must be free of any foreign objects or particles
- The bag must have the manufacturer's name, address and phone number
Over the next few weeks, many of us will be having end-of-summer and Labor Day celebrations. When you’re planning yours, make sure that you take the safety of the ice that you serve into consideration as well as the safety of the food you’re serving.
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Why make cloudy, odorful ice at home when you can buy crystal clear pure ice from the professionals? I'm not talking about ice made on site at your favorite convenience store. I'm talking about Ice made with the highest standards by people who make ice and only ice for a living. Yes, ICE IS FOOD!!!!! We in the ice industry never buy ice made at a convenience store or grocery store. Not because it isn't "our" ice, because we know the quality is seldom up to the standards the packaged ice.... More
I'm glad to see that people are realizing that "ICE is Food" It's a simple product and we forget our kids love ice. They go right to the ice chest and start eating it. Make sure it is safe, approved IPIA ice so you can rest assured it meets the highest standard. Just frozen tap water can easily be contaminated and the machines at some non-brand locations are not well maintained so they also easily contaminate the ice. REMEMBER ice is just frozen water, but what kind of water?
