[Aunt Polgara]

[Pikachu_Dad]

A more competent government entity would have phased in the 30 day rule to avoid the massive disruption to supply.

With sufficient notice, the customers could have increased their stocks a bit.

The manufacturer could have increased it’s production to ride through the new requirement.

But no... They have to implement the 30 day rule all at once causing a market shortage and a fake bust/boom cycle.

Idiots. They be idiots.

Were there even any ‘incidents’ to back up this government demand?

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

I love the “stuff” and have stacked up a supply before the nanny state struck. Any medical or biology folks out there that could specify what bacteria or virus could use this hot sauce as a growth medium?

[wintertime]

Hm?.....The executives of the company spoke out against Obama? Did they give a donation to a TEA Party candidate? Someone posted a joke about the “Won” on YouTube?

Soon to follow will be the IRS, EPA, OSHA, DEA, ICE, ...etc.

[Slings and Arrows]

*epic_facepalm*

[InABunkerUnderSF]

If they sold out to Kraft or Heinz or one of the other big conglomerates their problems would disappear over night.

[BrewingFrog]

I wonder if the owners of Huy Fong Foods had the temerity to donate to Republicans? Or, even worse, TEA Party folk?

Move to Texas. Now.

[CincyRichieRich]

BS

My understanding is the city council is of one persuasion and owner didn’t play along. Wonder if Sharpton/Jackson learned anything from this.

[Flick Lives]

Huy Fong is in the midst of a legal battle with the city of Irwindale after residents complained of odors coming from the factory. An L.A. judge ordered the company to stop production unless they could reduce the smell.

No problem. I'm sure in a few more years California's remaining factories will be just like Detroit's; shuttered. No problem with any nasty aromas... well, except for decay.

[Delta 21]

If you like your Sriracha,
you can keep it,
no one is going to take your Srirach way from you.
No one. Period.

[subterfuge]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[Moonmad27]

Noticed that Trader Joe’s sells sriracha. Must give it a try...

[mylife]

Looks like some one will have to step up and replace the hot cock.

[Lazamataz]

The left could **** up a wet dream.

[Terry L Smith]

Mmmmmmmmmmm!
Good ol’ local Thai village breakfast .... big ol bowl full of nice steamed rice, a little rooster sauce, and a cup of coffee. All for 35 cents ... 1972 price index a.k.a. 7 baht.

[Army Air Corps]

Petty bureaucratic bastards.
I love this stuff.

[texas booster]

Lam said the company has been saddled with the hold rule since it began production at its 650,000 square foot factory in Irwindale. Previously the spicy condiment had been manufactured for 30 years in Rosemead.

Looks like whatever incentives Irwindale offered were fraud. I would call up Rosemead and reopen that factory.

[dennisw]

I bought a large bottle for $2.55 last month only because it was on sale...so I am all set. I like Sriracha because it is not super hot. Tabasco is harsh vinegary crap compared to Sriracha.

Tapatio is a good hot sauce and same for Cholula...both are full body and hot. But not too hot

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Saw it on the shelf a few days before Thanksgiving. Bought two bottles. That was before the snows hit.

[The Great RJ]

Simple answer..move the factory to another state and leave the idiots in California without the jobs or the tax revenue. I am sure Texas would welcome Huy Fong Foods with open arms, give them a ready local market and not tax them to death.

[jimt]

Some competitor or other ill-wisher is using the goobermint to hassle Huy Fong.

There’s nothing wrong with their product or their production and packaging method. They sell gazillions of bottles of the stuff. I have never heard one single complaint about anybody getting sick off their product.

This is “crony capitalism” at its most disgusting, or as Adam Smith called it back in 1776, “mercantilism”.