California city sues Sriracha maker over chili odor
 

It looked like things were really starting to heat up for this little Southern California factory town when the maker of the Sriracha chili sauce known the world over decided to open a sprawling 650,000-square-foot factory within its borders.

Getting the jobs and economic boost was great. Getting a whiff of the sauce being made wasn't, at least for a few Irwindale residents. So much so that the city is now suing Huy Fong Foods, seeking to shut down production at the 2-year-old plant until its operators make the smell go away.

"It's like having a plate of chili peppers shoved right in your face," said Ruby Sanchez, who lives almost directly across the street from the shiny, new $40 million plant where some 100 million pounds of peppers a year are processed into Sriracha (pronounced "sree-YAH-chah) and two other popular Asian food sauces.
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As many as 40 trucks a day pull up to unload red hot chili peppers by the millions. Each plump, vine-ripened jalapeno pepper from central California then goes inside on a conveyor belt where it is washed, mixed with garlic and a few other ingredients and roasted. The pungent smell of peppers and garlic fumes is sent through a carbon-based filtration system that dissipates them before they leave the building, but not nearly enough say residents.

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Re: California city sues Sriracha maker over chili odor
 

It's beginning to smell a lot like Christmas...

"All of the chili needed for producing the year's sauce is processed and stored between September and December."

Re: California city sues Sriracha maker over chili odor
 

hehehe ... I love that stuff, but it does stink up the kitchen. :lol:.

Re: California city sues Sriracha maker over chili odor
 

55 more days.

Re: California city sues Sriracha maker over chili odor
 

I grew up in Iowa near a pork and a turkey plant, I wish they smelled like sriracha.

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Re: California city sues Sriracha maker over chili odor
 

I love California! They never cease to amaze me......That uncanny ability to jump into something with out considering all possibilities then sue their way out.

Re: California city sues Sriracha maker over chili odor
 

California, the land of fruits and nuts.