TORONTO – Sriracha fanatics, brace yourselves. The much-beloved hot sauce is expected to make its way back to supermarket store shelves by the end of the month.
A Huy Fong Foods spokesperson told ABC News earlier this week that they plan to resume shipments in late January.
No further details were provided.
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The latest news is relief for those obsessed with the hot sauce.
In December, Sriracha shipments were put on hold for 30 days due to new food safety procedures ordered by the California Department of Public Health.
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In late November, a judge ruled that the factory that manufactures the trendy hot sauce must partially shut down after neighbours in the city of Irwindale, California—where the Huy Fong Foods recently relocated—complained of the spicy smells it was producing.
The judge acknowledged there was a “lack of credible evidence” linking locals’ complaints of breathing trouble and watering eyes to the factory, but said the odour that could be “reasonably inferred to be emanating from the facility” is, for residents, “extremely annoying, irritating and offensive to the senses warranting consideration as a public nuisance.”
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The news of the partial shutdown resulted in a social media panic on Twitter and Facebook with many using the hashtag #Srirachapocalypse as they stocked up on the condiment made from a blend of red jalapeño peppers, garlic, sugar, salt and vinegar.
According to the Los Angeles Times, Texas state Rep. Jason Villalba reportedly asked Huy Fong Foods to move operations to his state.
“As a public official and a corporate attorney for small businesses, I am extremely troubled by excessive government interference in the operations of private, job-creating businesses like Huy Fong Foods,” wrote Villalba in his letter.
“You have worked too hard and have helped too many people to let government bureaucrats shut down your thriving business.”
– with files from The Associated Press
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