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Fine Chocolate Industry Association (FCIA) has launched a new membership drive with special incentives as it seeks to attract more craft chocolate companies and grow its impact.

Last week's fatal blast at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory highlighted the combustibility of food plants in general and chocolate making in particular.

Last week's fatal blast at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory highlighted the combustibility of food plants in general and chocolate making in particular.

By Michael Rubinkam Last week's fatal blast at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory highlighted the combustibility of food plants in general and chocolate

Food manufacturers are supposed to determine the combustibility of the dust, perform a hazard analysis and then take steps to manage it.

Last weeks fatal blast at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory highlighted the combustibility of food plants in general and chocolate making in particular.

The powerful explosion Friday at R.M. Palmer Co. killed seven people, sent 10 to the hospital and damaged several other buildings in West Reading

Experts say commercial ovens and furnaces, commercial refrigerants using ammonia and combustible dust are primary explosive hazards at food plants.

The National Transportation Safety Board has opened a safety investigation into what it called a natural gas explosion and fire at R.M. Palmer Company factory in West Reading, Berks County.

A look at what may have been behind the explosion.