On February 5, 2009, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg identified a Hudson County Frutarom facility that processes fenugreek seeds as the source of a mysterious maple syrup smell that has periodically filled the city since October 2005. The most recent "maple syrup event" occurred January 29, 2009. While numerous calls were placed to the city's 311 non-emergency complaint hotline on days when the odor was noticed by New Yorkers, the Mayor and the New York City Department of Environmental Protection have determined that the smell is not harmful.