In pictures: Hot sauce row gets spicy in US community

Boxes of Sriracha sauce move along a conveyer at the Huy Fong Foods Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce factory on May 14, 2014 in Irwindale, California. David McNew / Getty Images / AFP

Workers pull chili paste from barrels at the Huy Fong Foods Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce factory. David McNew / Getty Images / AFP

Workers manage barrels of chili paste at the Huy Fong Foods Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce factory. David McNew / Getty Images / AFP

Bottles are produced for Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce at the Huy Fong Foods plant. David McNew / Getty Images / AFP

Bottles are produced for Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce at the Huy Fong Foods plant. David McNew / Getty Images / AFP

The Huy Fong Foods Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce factory. David McNew / Getty Images / AFP

Huy Fong Foods CEO David Tran poses next to hoppers where chillies are delivered during chili crushing season at the Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce factory. David McNew / Getty Images / AFP

Barrels of chili paste await processing at the Huy Fong Foods Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce factory. David McNew / Getty Images / AFP

A worker pushes barrels of chili paste at the Huy Fong Foods Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce factory. David McNew / Getty Images / AFP

Houses are seen in front of the Huy Fong Foods Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce factory in Irwindale, California. David McNew / Getty Images / AFP

A banner hangs inside a delivery entrance gate at the Huy Fong Foods Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce factory. David McNew / Getty Images / AFP

Huy Fong Foods is at legals odds with the Irwindale City Council in California and residents of nearby houses where some have complained of ill effects caused by strong pepper odors during the fall pepper crushing season at the plant.