Here's an LA Times story that corroborates your comment, and adds some additional insight: http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-1110-sriracha-20131110,0,262971.st

Here's an LA Times story that corroborates your comment, and adds some additional insight: http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-1110-sriracha-20131110,0,262971.story http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-1110-sriracha-20131110,0,... > Inspectors from the South Coast Air Quality Management District have visited the plant several times without issuing a citation. Tran said in court documents that the complaints about the smell originated with an Irwindale city councilman's son.