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#1 Apr 10 2014 at 12:25 PM Rating: Good
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Irwindale Council declares Sriracha smell a public nuisance wrote:
The Irwindale City Council has voted unanimously to declare the spicy smell of Sriracha hot sauce production a public nuisance.

Once the council adopts an expected official resolution at its next meeting, hot sauce maker Huy Fong Foods will have about 90 days to mitigate the odor, which residents say burns their eyes and throats at certain times of day.

The 4-0 vote during a Wednesday night hearing came despite assurances from company attorney John Tate that Huy Fong Foods planned to submit an action plan within 10 days and have the smell fixed by June 1.

Officials with the South Coast Air Quality Management District have been performing tests at the facility and have offered to help the company craft a mitigation plan. Although they would not release the test results, AQMD officials indicated that the smell issues could be resolved with active carbon filters -- a technology the company has used in the past.

"The City Council is determined to assert its authority regardless of the status of the odor remediation efforts," Tate said.

Irwindale already has sued Huy Fong Foods in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleging that the sauce maker breached terms of its development agreement and created a public nuisance. A judge granted the city a preliminary injunction and a trial is set for November.

The Council sought another public nuisance designation as insurance in case Huy Fong Foods does not install smell mitigation measures, officials said. At the Wednesday hearing, the Council asserted the city has the right to eventually enter the factory and make the changes itself, while assessing the costs to the factory.

Complaints about the Sriracha odor have attracted widespread attention; one Irwindale public hearing saw a group of 100 protesters cram into the council chambers.

No demonstrators showed up Wednesday night. But state Sen. Ed Hernandez sent a representative to deliver a statement, calling Huy Fong Foods one of the "shining stars" of the San Gabriel Valley's vibrant business community and offering to help the sauce maker find a home in a neighboring city.

"I ask that the city of Irwindale reject this inflammatory and unnecessary 'public nuisance' designation and constructively work with Huy Fong Foods to resolve these issues," Hernandez said in a statement.

Councilman Albert Ambriz said that the city wants to keep the hot sauce factory.

"I respect the fact that they are here. But they know there's a problem and it needs to be fixed," Ambriz said.


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#2 Apr 10 2014 at 12:32 PM Rating: Good
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I'd love to get in on all those billable hours. Cha-ching.
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I've been sort of confused by this story from the outset. How the hell is that much of the chemical escaping the factory in the first place? How bad is it IN the factory? Do the workers just wear biohazard suits or something?
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Ever been near a major bakery, popcorn factory or candy plant? They're plenty noticeable from a good distance away. I can imagine that if the same particulates you're smelling also happened to be membrane irritants, that could be a problem.

Also, humans have a weak sense of smell so the amount of particulates to even trigger that sense may be well above the amount required to irritate your moist eyes and throat.

Can't speak for working conditions inside the factory though since I know jack-all about hot sauce manufacturing.

Edited, Apr 10th 2014 2:24pm by Jophiel
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Jophiel wrote:
Ever been near a major bakery, popcorn factory or candy plant?
Try a poultry farm. 20,000 chickens in a small space, all pooping. *evil shiver*

But yes, odor was escaping the factory and bothering people. One can assume it's worse for the people actually working there, but they're willing to live with the smell because they were getting paid for it (for better or for worse).
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I've no intent in getting that close to a poultry farm Smiley: laugh I was thinking of food manufacturing industries in the area where the smell was a by-product of the "cooking" rather than just animal stink.

I might like living downwind from where ever they cook the chicken though!

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There was a bakery in one of the malls around here that would pipe the venting from their ovens out into the walkway in front of the store. Mmmmm.... Bread.
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#8 Apr 10 2014 at 7:02 PM Rating: Decent
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I once lived in an apartment over a bakery/coffee shop and a southern BBQ place next door. Fresh bread in the morning, pulled pork in the evening.
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I guess my biggest question about this is, who was there first? Did the factory move in and start stinkin' up the joint, or did the city crowd around it?
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Free market. Damn hippies just need to deal with it.
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If the smell is disruptive of reasonable activity in the area then it's a nuisance.

Of course if there is anything toxic or other regulated compounds in the emission then they have to conform regs. Sounds like they just need to buff up there HVAC with additional scrubbers or filters.

In the town I moved from there was a coffee roasting company that lived in a mixed retail/residential area. Roasting coffee doesn't smell at all like grinding and/or brewing coffee. It stinks. They weren't 'emitting' enough to fall under our regulations but my agency, along with the town council, had to deal with the odor complaints. There were lots. Eventually the town ordered a cease and desist notice. The business ended up moving their roasting process to another location, but they still have the retail coffee shop. I still buy my coffee from them.

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Officials with the South Coast Air Quality Management District have been performing tests at the facility and have offered to help the company craft a mitigation plan. Although they would not release the test results, AQMD officials indicated that the smell issues could be resolved with active carbon filters -- a technology the company has used in the past.
That's bull. The test results are public information. Someone needs to push on them.

Edited, Apr 11th 2014 2:17pm by Elinda
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Should open up some chicken shops.
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