I keep three in stock.
The company was founded by Vietnamese immigrant David Tran, who began
mixing up his distinctive sauce in a bucket at his home in 1980. As
business boomed, he opened a plant in Rosemead, moving to Irwindale when
his company outgrew that facility.
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A Southern California city has declared the factory that produces the popular Sriracha hot sauce a public nuisance.
The Irwindale
City Council's action Wednesday night gives the factory 90 days to make
changes to stop the spicy odors that prompted complaints from some
residents last fall. Declaring a public nuisance will allow city
officials to enter the factory and make changes if the odors persist
after the deadline.
The
decision came despite testimony by air-quality experts that progress was
being made toward a resolution. The South Coast Air Quality Management
District said its inspectors have taken air samples inside the plant,
and believed the information gathered should allow the factory and the
city to resolve their differences.
Attorney
John Tate, who represents Sriracha maker Huy Fong Foods, Inc., said the
company had been working with the AQMD on its filtration system since
the complaints first arose and was committed to finding long-term
solutions by June 1.
He called the public nuisance declaration a demonstration of "the city flexing its muscle and thumbing Huy Fong in the eye."
A call to Irwindale City Attorney Fred Galante was not immediately returned.
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Texas Pete now makes their own version of sriracha, they call it "Cha!" It's reputed to be pretty good. I rather imagine McIlhenny will eventually get on the bandwagon, too, and come out with one called "Chabasco." ;)
ReplyDeleteI hear North Carolina is business friendly. I'd ask their state business development department to give this guy a call. Maybe about now the Sriracha company would be interested in moving to a friendlier location.
ReplyDeleteFor the life of me, I don't understand why every state isn't business friendly. Thanks for the suggestion, but I imagine he would rather stay there as his employees are probably 100% Vietnamese and the shop is close to Little Saigon. (Westminster)
DeleteEscape communist tyranny in Vietnam and come to America to -oh, well -better luck next time?
ReplyDeleteGood one. :) At least in Vietnam he could pay the tyrants off.
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