State and city officials are asking a Cook County Circuit Court judge to halt operations at Pullman Innovations, which has been the source of hundreds of nuisance complaints over putrid odors.

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and city lawyers want the judge to force Pullman to shut down while the business devises a plan to control smells. The business makes an additive in animal feed used by farmers who supply eggs to food company Dutch Farms.

Raoul and the city sued the business in August over the odors, alleging violations of state and city air pollution laws.

The motion included numerous testimonies, including a former employee who said his clothes “smelled like death” after a shift.

“The company should not be allowed to continue operations until it addresses the odors and air pollution and ensures that its operations comply with Illinois’ environmental laws,” Raoul said in a statement.

A lawyer for Pullman couldn’t be reached for comment.

The smell is allegedly so awful and so prevalent that some neighbors suggested to the Sun-Times in August that it may have masked the odor of decomposing bodies at the South Chicago Chapel funeral home now under investigation.

Pullman Innovations, at 2701 E. 100th St., is roughly a mile from the funeral home. Yet, wind direction can push the smell throughout the larger South Deering area on the Far Southeast Side.

The feed-additive plant has long been a source of nuisance complaints that stretch back decades to a predecessor company, Agri-Fine, which was previously sued by former Attorney General Lisa Madigan before it went out of business.

Pullman, incorporated as A-F Acquisition, acquired the plant and assets in 2016.

Residents were at war with Agri-Fine over odors for more than 20 years until the business declared bankruptcy protection more than a decade ago.