As mentioned in Scott Marshall’s blog post, Sriracha hot sauce may soon be in short supply. The company is being sued for poor air filtration after residents in the factory’s town have complained of headaches and coughing due to the spicy fumes. Scott highlights the path Huy Fong Foods should take in order to avoid legal troubles and stay in business. In addition to his comments I would like to add my own; Sriracha, who has gained a massive amount of popularity in the last few years, is fully able to afford the proper filtration techniques to solve this issue. The product is known for its low price, we could see this increase slightly if the factory is updated to resolve the problem. A question that quickly popped into my head was, “Is there even a method of filtering the air in this case?”. If there isn’t, and the lawsuit goes through, we could see Sriracha abandoning their current factory for one far enough away from mass amounts of people. However, as mentioned in this video, Huy Fong Foods prides themselves in freshness, their current pepper providers are only 70 miles away, a luxury they will sacrifice if they move!

The articles used in this post can be found at: 

https://blogs.ubc.ca/scottmarshall/2013/10/30/sriracha-shortage/#respond

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqsGHASRPCE 

Photo can be found at:

http://tribkcpq.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/sricha.jpg