NOOO! siriracha factory may be forced to close

[waggy]

http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2013/10/the-sriracha-factory-could-get-shut-down-panic/

n Irwindale, California, nose-y neighbors, sick of the supposedly strong chili smell emanating from the factory where Sriracha hot sauce is made, want the Huy Fong Foods factory shut down unless the odor can be abated. The city has filed a public nuisance lawsuit, says the Associated Press, “seeking temporary closure of the factory until Huy Fong submits a plan to minimize the smell.” CBS:

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ahh that sucks. I understand the city's problem though.

 

[Atreus21]

My wife and every other Vietnamese person in New Orleans are going to riot.

 

[Londo_Jowo]

Move it down to Louisiana where Tabasco sauce is made.

 

[lozina]

Wow if the odor is so strong to affect people outside I wonder how it must feel inside!

The workers probably all lost their olfactory receptors

 

[K1052]

Ironic since Irwindale lobbied for them to move there and gave them redevelopment funds.

 

[BurnItDwn]

I wonder if their Sambal Oelek is made at the same plant ... that stuff is my favorite, nom nom nom!

 

[Tim]

Move it down to Louisiana where Tabasco sauce is made.

Tabasco is made at Avery Island, LA. Good stuff there.

 

[rudder]

My wife and every other Vietnamese person in New Orleans are going to riot.

Move the factory to New Orleans to cover up some of the flood smell. Two problems solved.

 

[drebo]

And this is why businesses are moving away from the US and, more specifically, California.

 

[Jimzz]

And this is why businesses are moving away from the US and, more specifically, California.

I know how dare those neighbors complain about someone polluting on their property.
Bad enough my grampy lost his job of dumping toxic waste near homes. Damm liberals complaining about "birth defects" and "cancer".

 

[drebo]

I know how dare those neighbors complain about someone polluting on their property.
Bad enough my grampy lost his job of dumping toxic waste near homes. Damm liberals complaining about "birth defects" and "cancer".

Polluting their property? This is about smell.

I live in the tomato capital of the world and during canning season, the entire city smells like rotten tomatoes (the rest of the time, it smells like cow shit.)

I don't sue the dairies or the canneries because of it, because I'm not a fucking moron.

Can't say the same about the residents of this town (or you.)

 

[waggy]

I know how dare those neighbors complain about someone polluting on their property.
Bad enough my grampy lost his job of dumping toxic waste near homes. Damm liberals complaining about "birth defects" and "cancer".

straw man alert.

this ain't a birth defects or cancer. its a smell. that's it A FUCKING SMELL.

 

[Jimzz]

straw man alert.

this ain't a birth defects or cancer. its a smell. that's it A FUCKING SMELL.

Yea I'm sure you are ok with a shit farm going next door to you. Waste treatment plant?

Whats that can't go outside or sell your house anymore, to bad big business needs its profits.

“The odors are so strong and offensive as to have caused residents to move outdoor activities indoors and even to vacate their residences temporarily to seek relief from the odors,”

 

[waggy]

Yea I'm sure you are ok with a shit farm going next door to you. Waste treatment plant?

Whats that can't go outside or sell your house anymore, to bad big business needs its profits.

“The odors are so strong and offensive as to have caused residents to move outdoor activities indoors and even to vacate their residences temporarily to seek relief from the odors,”

bwhahahaha

I live in the country. I have a Hog farm about half a mile east of me. I have a cow farm about 2 miles south. I am surrounded by farmland. you know what they spray on farms in the fall? shit.

Yes the factory should try to take steps to reduce the smell. I disagree with the fact they should close.

I was ripping you for bringing up birth defects and cancer. that is a far cray from the smell burning your eyes (wich you will live through and causes no permanent damage)

 

[Wreckem]

Nusiance is one of the oldest common law torts. Its been around for centuries.

Fact of the matter is, in all common law countries, a person cannot come in and do something on their land that causes a nuisance(to be a nuisance it has to rise to a certain level) on another's land.

Now the dairies and cannery examples, well those probably pre-existed the residential development in your area, they have probably existed for a long time. IE: You couldn't even sue if you wanted to. You took property knowing you the property was near a cannery.

The OP is different. People owned property, manufacturer of xyz moved and causes a nusiance. They have to fix that nuisance or yes a court can order a permanent injunction shutting them down.

 

[Jimzz]

bwhahahaha

I live in the country. I have a Hog farm about half a mile east of me. I have a cow farm about 2 miles south. I am surrounded by farmland. you know what they spray on farms in the fall? shit.

Yes the factory should try to take steps to reduce the smell. I disagree with the fact they should close.

I was ripping you for bringing up birth defects and cancer. that is a far cray from the smell burning your eyes (wich you will live through and causes no permanent damage)

Yea people having burning eyes, not being able to go outside, etc.. nothing to worry about there people.

 

[BoomerD]

Folks in Modesto sued over the smell from a rendering plant. It didn't matter that the plant was there BEFORE the homes were built...they STILL WON and the plant had to close. (they fought for years and spent millions of $$ on filters and scrubbers to try to remedy the problem...but in the end, the people in the neighborhoods surrounding the plant won.

No "pollution" to any of the surrounding homes...just the stench of death.

(if you've never been near one, rendering plants stink terribly)

 

[sm625]

Why would anyone want to run a factory in taxifornia?

 

[waggy]

Yea people having burning eyes, not being able to go outside, etc.. nothing to worry about there people.

lol. where did i say it was nothing to worry about. rolf

i pointed out its not 'birth defects" or " cancer" like you said.


I also said YES the company should do what it can to limit the problem. but i also feel they shouldn't close.

Folks in Modesto sued over the smell from a rendering plant. It didn't matter that the plant was there BEFORE the homes were built...they STILL WON and the plant had to close. (they fought for years and spent millions of $$ on filters and scrubbers to try to remedy the problem...but in the end, the people in the neighborhoods surrounding the plant won.

No "pollution" to any of the surrounding homes...just the stench of death.

(if you've never been near one, rendering plants stink terribly)

yeah that was bullshit.


Same kind of thing happened near here. There was a airport outside of town. Some idiots built a houses right on the fence line. then sued because the planes were loud..WELL FUCKING DUH!

 

[Wreckem]

Folks in Modesto sued over the smell from a rendering plant. It didn't matter that the plant was there BEFORE the homes were built...they STILL WON and the plant had to close. (they fought for years and spent millions of $$ on filters and scrubbers to try to remedy the problem...but in the end, the people in the neighborhoods surrounding the plant won.

No "pollution" to any of the surrounding homes...just the stench of death.

(if you've never been near one, rendering plants stink terribly)

If something arises to being a public nuisance it doesn't matter how long something has existed.

This is why we have zoning laws today. Somewhere along the lines of having the sirracha plant approved by the city's zoning department, someone had to of dropped the ball/never thought about air emissions from a food processing plant.

 

[Jimzz]

lol. where did i say it was nothing to worry about. rolf

i pointed out its not 'birth defects" or " cancer" like you said.


I also said YES the company should do what it can to limit the problem. but i also feel they shouldn't close.

"that's it A FUCKING SMELL."

Again; when people can't even leave their homes, its more than just a "FUCKING SMELL".

 

[Cerb]

Why would anyone want to run a factory in taxifornia?

To be very close to the chilis themselves. The owner specifically moved to California in the first place because those chilis grew there.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/20/dining/20united.html?pagewanted=all

“I was in Boston,” Mr. Tran recalled. “My brother-in-law was in Los Angeles. When we talked on the phone, I asked him, ‘Do they have red peppers in Los Angeles?’ He said yes. And we left.”

http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-75382624/

As the company grew, Huy Fong Foods developed a relationship with a supplier in Ventura County and carefully monitored the entire growing process from seed to harvest.

Now, each chili is processed within a day of harvesting to ensure peak spiciness.

 

[OutHouse]

Move it down to Louisiana where Tabasco sauce is made.

that would be delicious!

 

[OutHouse]

in denver there is a Pruina dog food plant right along I-70. I had a office about a mile from the pant and when the wind was at the right slow speed and coming from the direction of the plant. IT FUCKING STUNK!

 

[OutHouse]

Polluting their property? This is about smell.

yea pollution. what so hard to understand?