THIS JUST IN: A judge has ordered the Sriracha hot sauce plant in Irwindale to partially shut down.
THIS JUST IN: A judge has ordered the Sriracha hot sauce plant in Irwindale to partially shut down.
Neighbors of the Huy Fong Foods plant have been complaining that the strong odors from the plant make them sick.
The judge ruled the company must stop any kind of operations that could be causing the odors and make immediate changes.
(This years crop has been mixed)
Deep breath Joe... Deep breath ;-)
ReplyDeleteBobbi Jo Woods
ReplyDeleteStupid! The people who are complaining should try driving past a sugar beet factory... Talk about nasty! They chose to move there. As if people don't have enough problems trying to find work! Pansy asses need to get a clue...
ReplyDeleteSave the sauce!
ReplyDeleteThis is a disaster. Supermarket emergency. No way they will have enough, there's going to be a run on Sriracha.
ReplyDeleteJust a thought. Since they had to partially shut down, would that make it more of a mild sauce now? ok i'm ready for my beatings
ReplyDeleteMight I offer you a replacement? Well, nothing can "replace" sriracha, but this stuff is uuuuhhhmazing.
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Sean Sherburne you better be ready for beatings!
ReplyDeleteMocking a hot sauce shortage! Philistine!
Shantel Dodson
ReplyDeleteIt's the plant that moved there not the people.
Eric Muller .. Who cares... It's work for people in a terrible job market/economy. People complain about people on government assistance... then force a partial shut down which I'm sure caused layoffs. Happy holidays!!!
ReplyDeleteI guess most of the time it's fine but there is one process that lasts for weeks that basically is like covering the surrounding area in pepper spray non-stop and it's causing respiratory problems and irritating the eyes for people and pets.
ReplyDeleteWhere the plant was located before had similar problems.
In this area that sort of thing would be breaking several environmental laws. I don't know about california.
I love sriracha I have a huge bottle in my fridge right now. You can't run a factory and abuse your neighbours like that.
Dam
ReplyDeleteSo what you're saying is.. That you'll buy the product that's causing the issues while complaining about environmental issues/laws..?
ReplyDeleteShantel Dodson
ReplyDeleteI've bought it for a long time. I don't have time to investigate every company that makes products I buy. My point was that I'm a fan of the product and I hope they resolve this and keep making it.
I'm not sure what your point is?
So long as they provide jobs they should be allowed to make everyone around them miserable?
My point is you're supporting a product that provides jobs that makes everyone around them miserable. Can't have it both ways. If you don't support the jobs then don't support the misery
ReplyDeleteEric Muller psst the law should only apply when its not interfering with peoples sauce supplies. Instead of the sauce factory investing in odor prevention its just pocketing that money. That's the american dream: let me make my money while you sit in the stench.
ReplyDelete#joephillyfacts
ReplyDeleteLmao John Tenkely
ReplyDeleteShantel Dodson
ReplyDeleteYour right, I should build a time machine and unbuy something I purchased prior to knowing about this. Purchasing a product makes me supporting of all activities of the company and complicit in all crimes. It revokes my ability to be outraged that they don't use proper environmental controls. Hah you really got me, I'm such a hypocrite.
Providing jobs doesn't immediately remove your responsibility to the community you are located in.
I live in an area full of heavy industry. They get along so well you don't really notice them.
Eric Muller we should not buy american products because we will be supporting the NSA and be accomplices to spying on everyone. No Chinese products because of the regime. No imported oil because of inadvertently funding terrorist groups. No bio-oil because it causes deforestation. Eric Muller we shouldn't buy anything anymore.
ReplyDeleteI'm not saying environmental issues don't matter. I'm saying jobs also matter. Not saying jobs are more important than the people that live there. Saying a sudden shut down matters. When I lived in north Dakota we had the same issue with the sugar beer factory... Freaking stunk soooooo bad. The city gave a 30 day warning to get it in check. The company got it under control without people losing out on their livelihood. People have rent to pay. Can't just go shut things down... Most people live paycheck to paycheck. What about those people? Do they count less than the people living nearby?
ReplyDeleteThis isn't sudden
ReplyDeleteI'd love to continue this but I have to go to work harassing people early in the morning. I'm qualified to work many many jobs but since there aren't any in stuck being a telemarketer. Should probably shut that job down as well since all we do is seriously harass people. A stupid job that pisses everyone off... But it pays the bills. Maybe one day the economy will pick up so I can go back to my career. .
ReplyDeleteI love me some cock sauce, but I couldn't imagine having to live everyday with that burning sensation in my eyes, nose and throat... the complaints are legit, the company needs to setup better filtration, that way they can continue to make that deliciousness we all know and love without making a communities lifestyle miserable. They can afford it, cause their sauce sells like wild fire...
ReplyDeletePS.. wasn't being sarcastic about shutting my job down. I'd rather smell that factory than deal with my job.
ReplyDeleteI've worked in a call centre. I get it. I can usually spot call centre employees in person because they look like they are about to off themselves at any moment and are usually pretty misanthropic.
ReplyDeleteIt's a great job, try not to go crazy before you find something better to do.
Protest!!!!
ReplyDeleteAdam Balla it's good but a totally different flavor profile.
ReplyDeleteNoooooooooooooo
ReplyDeleteProbably part of that Humus Sympathizer group... bastards
ReplyDeleteI want to know why no one complained for the past 20 years of production.
ReplyDeleteEric Hansen Prolly because Sriracha got so well-known that production has ramped up dramatically...?
ReplyDeleteSend me some in Singapore now!
ReplyDeleteBloody outrage. The last time out cafeteria ran out of sriracha we almost had a riot.
ReplyDeleteI have a bottle in my fridge with an expiration date of 2007...used it last week and tasted fine.
ReplyDeleteHow do we fix this, Joe Philley?
ReplyDeleteMove them to Cal City Joe Philley #problemsolved
ReplyDeleteIf they were using more sauce at home, they wouldn't notice the smell from the factory.
ReplyDelete#blamethepeople
I stayed in Brussels for 3 months. I was so happy to find a restaurant with #sriracha
ReplyDeleteThat is one cock sauce I actually like
ReplyDeleteJason Adams go to Liege, they have Asian shops and restaurants with Sriracha.
ReplyDeleteEric Hansen
ReplyDeleteIt was in rosemond california before at a smaller facility. They moved to irwindale a few months ago
It's probably worth noting that they haven't announced layoffs, not publicly anyway
ReplyDeleteI was so upset by this emergency that I posted it in the GEC!
ReplyDeletehttps://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/gec-current-events/aUd9YNqrjlI