Empirical Foods Inc
1 facility · 1 state · 1.1M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Empirical Foods Inc is the reported parent of 1 Form R facility across 1 state, disclosing 1.1M lbs of toxic releases. 5 chemicals are reported; none carry a carcinogen classification in this extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Nebraska (1.1M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for a single-state Empirical Foods Inc footprint, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Empirical Foods Inc: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-28.8%
1 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-28.8%
250.6 thousand lb → 178.3 thousand lb, every facility that filed
- Empirical Foods Inc's total reported releases fell from 250.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 178.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Empirical Foods Inc's off-site transfers fell from 242.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 168.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Empirical Foods Inc's air releases rose from 8.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 9.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Empirical Foods Inc from filing to facility
Empirical Foods Inc maps to a single Form R site (Empirical Foods (ssc)) in Nebraska. Open that filing for the chemical mix; pounds stay disclosure, not risk.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) · August 2026
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Empirical Foods (ssc). Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Tyson Foods Inc; Omaha Public Power District. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Certain glycol ethers; Peracetic acid; Nitric acid. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Nebraska. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Food.
Empirical Foods Inc ranks #597 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Empirical Foods Inc's TRI Form R footprint is concentrated in a single state (Nebraska), so statewide context matters more than a multi-state portfolio read. This parent maps to a single reporting facility (Empirical Foods (ssc)), so the company total and that site's Form R are the same disclosure.
Parent aggregation for Empirical Foods Inc follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Tyson Foods Inc; Omaha Public Power District) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Empirical Foods Inc sits among TRI parents
Empirical Foods Inc sits on a disclosure ladder beside Tyson Foods Inc and Omaha Public Power District. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Tyson Foods Inc · rank #595 · 11.9M lbs
- Omaha Public Power District · rank #596 · 11.1M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Empirical Foods Inc
Ammonia; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Certain glycol ethers; Peracetic acid; Nitric acid lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Empirical Foods (ssc). Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Ammonia | 804.5K lbs |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 303.9K lbs |
| Certain glycol ethers | 9.0K lbs |
| Peracetic acid | 3.0K lbs |
| Nitric acid | 45 lbs |
Facilities (1)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Empirical Foods (ssc) South Sioux City, NE | 1.1M lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Empirical Foods Inc on total disclosed release pounds (1.1M lbs) and reporting facility count (1). Release-volume peers include Henkel of America Inc, Northwest Dairy Assoc, Gcc of America. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of parents.
Similar disclosed release pounds
Nearest parents (≥3 facilities, ≥10k lbs) by absolute TRI disclosed pounds, not rank-adjacent ladder neighbors.
About This Data
EPA TRI parent totals cover all media. This extract's heaviest states for the parent are Nebraska; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Empirical Foods Inc's TRI parent record
From Empirical Foods Inc, open Empirical Foods (ssc) or compare against Tyson Foods Inc rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Empirical Foods Inc (Empirical Foods (ssc) in NE). Largest facility
- Compare against Omaha Public Power District, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Empirical Foods Inc sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Tyson Foods Inc, Omaha Public Power District) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
Empirical Foods Inc's record groups disclosed TRI parent-company filings so readers can compare reporting context without treating the total as a measure of risk.
Company release figures are computed directly from EPA Toxic Release Inventory data; source names and the record-linking method are documented in the methodology.
Primary sources
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory Basic Data Files - annual facility-level chemical-release disclosures
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