From Angry Asian Man
It’s all good, hot sauce fans. I think you can hold off on your plans to stockpile all those green-tipped bottles of Sriracha… for now. A judge has ruled that the production plant in Irwindale, California, where they make the sweet spicy red goodness, can stay open: Sriracha factory can stay open for now, judge rules .
Sriracha will stay open
The city of Irwindale filed a lawsuit earlier this week against Huy Fong Foods after residents complained of the strong odor of ground peppers emanating from the factory. Some nearby residents complained of burning eyes and throats, and the city claimed the plant was a public nuisance in violation of municipal code.
But on Thursday, a Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge denied the city of Irwindale’s request for a temporary restraining order, which means the factory can finish processing the peppers needed for next year’s Sriracha supply. Odor problem? What odor problem? All I smell is the awesome scent of rooster sauce:
In a declaration filed on behalf of the company, lawyer John R. Tate said that air-quality regulators had placed monitoring equipment at the plant and that shutting the factory down would prevent that analysis from being completed.
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