Posted on 11/30/2013 10:05:33 AM PST by Aunt Polgara
The maker of popular hot chili sauce Sriracha made a bold statement Friday with a banner reading, No tear gas made here, placed outside its North Azusa Canyon Road factory.
Huy Fong Foods CEO David Tran had released a statement with the same sentiment Wednesday morning following a ruling from a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge that said Tran must partially shut down his factory due to odor complaints from residents near the factory.
The city of Irwindale had sued Huy Fong Foods claiming the smells coming from the factory created a public nuisance after residents began complaining the odor caused their eyes to burn, gave them coughing fits, created gagging sensations, and gave them heartburn and even nosebleeds.
One resident compared a whiff of odors emanating from the factory to pepper spray, according to court documents.
Huy Fong officials were not available for comment Friday.
Judge Robert H. OBrien ordered on Tuesday that Huy Fong must shut down the part of its operation that causes the odor and immediately make changes to mitigate the smell.
Huy Fong has said the ruling could mean there will be 200,000 less bottles of Sriracha sauce produced each day.
The city has until Wednesday to submit its proposed preliminary injunction to the court.
The color of the banner raised outside Huy Fong matched the sauces iconic green-colored lid.
In a word, yes...........
People only started building and buying houses out in that armpit because it was the last real estate market anyone could afford in L.A. It had been entirely industrial for decades.
Now, now, be nice. I've lived not far from the Sriracha site for over 40 years. It's been a nice place to raise a family, and we don't have all the westside snobs here.
The factory is in a mostly industrial area, but there are some residents nearby, and the residents were there first. The factory is brand new.
I do know what you mean though. We used to have dump nearby. Our city allowed houses to be built next to the dump, and guess what? The people who bought the houses didn't like living next to the dump and were able to force it to close.
My wife lived in the San Dimas area a long time ago and said it was very pleasant back then.
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