FALLS CHURCH, Va. -- More than 100 years ago, a physician named Samuel Crumbine saw the need for more hygienic foodservice packaging at a train’s watering station. Passengers were drinking directly from a shared ladle. After one passenger with tuberculosis drank, Crumbine realized the entire train could contract the illness if they continued to drink from the water cooler. Crumbine spent the rest of his career raising awareness around public health and working to ban common drinking cups on trains. His work spawned the creation of the Health Kup, later known as the Dixie Cup.
Foodservice packaging’s legacy as a public health solution prevails today, Lynn Dyer, president of the Foodservice Packaging Institute based in Falls Church, Va., told CSP Daily News.
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