Jbs USA Food Co

64 facilities · 20 states · 55.7M lbs total releases

According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Jbs USA Food Co is the reported parent of 64 Form R facilities across 20 states, disclosing 55.7M lbs of toxic releases. 171 chemicals are reported; none carry a carcinogen classification in this extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Illinois (13.0M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds across Jbs USA Food Co's multi-state Form R set, not a measured public-health risk score.

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Release-over-release change

What changed for Jbs USA Food Co: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year

2022 → 2023

Same facilities, both years

-2.4%

59 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023

Whole inventory

-2.4%

9.3 million lb → 9.0 million lb, every facility that filed

Between the two reporting years, 2 facilities filed for the first time and 1 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.

  • Jbs USA Food Co's total reported releases fell from 9.3 million lb in 2022 to 9.0 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
  • Jbs USA Food Co's off-site transfers rose from 858.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.2 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
  • Jbs USA Food Co's water releases fell from 6.8 million lb in 2022 to 6.2 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
  • Jbs USA Food Co's land releases rose from 1.3 million lb in 2022 to 1.3 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.

TRI parent disclosure trail

Read Jbs USA Food Co from filing to facility

Largest Form R sites under this parent: Jbs/swift Pork Co; Jbs Plainwell; Swift Pork; Pilgrim's Pride Enterprise Processing Plant. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Wieland Holdings Inc; Archer Daniels Midland Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Ammonia; Peracetic acid; Hydrogen sulfide; Mixture. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Illinois; Iowa; Michigan. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Food. Start from those named sites and neighbors rather than a generic parent blurb; pounds stay disclosure, not risk.

Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) · August 2026

Total Releases
55.7M lbs
Facilities
64
Chemicals
171
Carcinogens
0

Largest Form R sites under this parent: Jbs/swift Pork Co; Jbs Plainwell; Swift Pork; Pilgrim's Pride Enterprise Processing Plant. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Wieland Holdings Inc; Archer Daniels Midland Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Ammonia; Peracetic acid; Hydrogen sulfide; Mixture. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Illinois; Iowa; Michigan. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Food.

Jbs USA Food Co ranks #37 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents by disclosed release pounds, mid-to-upper among parents, not a top-25 volume name. Jbs USA Food Co spans 20 states in this extract, placing it among the broader national TRI parent footprints. Jbs USA Food Co's disclosed pounds are spread across 64 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.

Parent aggregation for Jbs USA Food Co follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Wieland Holdings Inc; Archer Daniels Midland Co) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.

Where Jbs USA Food Co sits among TRI parents

Jbs USA Food Co sits on a disclosure ladder beside Wieland Holdings Inc and Archer Daniels Midland Co. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.

Lower disclosed volume

Largest chemicals disclosed by Jbs USA Food Co

Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Ammonia; Peracetic acid; Hydrogen sulfide; Mixture lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Jbs/swift Pork Co. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.

Chemical Disclosed lbs
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) 54.1M lbs
Ammonia 1.8M lbs
Peracetic acid 644.2K lbs
Hydrogen sulfide 43.7K lbs
Mixture 29.6K lbs

Where does this company operate?

State Facilities Total Releases
Illinois 2 13.0M lbs
Iowa 4 12.5M lbs
Michigan 1 11.8M lbs
Alabama 7 3.7M lbs
Pennsylvania 2 3.1M lbs
North Carolina 4 3.0M lbs
Kentucky 3 2.0M lbs
Florida 2 1.6M lbs
South Carolina 2 1.5M lbs
Nebraska 2 1.3M lbs
Georgia 13 1.1M lbs
Minnesota 3 359.5K lbs
Louisiana 2 301.5K lbs
Texas 4 283.5K lbs
Arkansas 3 142.5K lbs
Arizona 1 18.8K lbs
Puerto Rico 2 11.8K lbs
Tennessee 2 10.6K lbs
Missouri 3 133 lbs
Wisconsin 2 30 lbs

Facilities (64)

Facility Releases
Jbs/swift Pork Co Beardstown, IL 13.0M lbs
Jbs Plainwell Plainwell, MI 11.8M lbs
Swift Pork Marshalltown, IA 9.2M lbs
Pilgrim's Pride Enterprise Processing Plant Enterprise, AL 3.4M lbs
Jbs Pork Ottumwa, IA 3.3M lbs
Jbs Souderton Inc - Rendering Div Souderton, PA 3.0M lbs
Pilgrim's Pride Corp Sanford Facility Sanford, NC 2.9M lbs
Pilgrims Pride Corp Mayfield Ky Facility Hickory, KY 2.0M lbs
Pilgrim's Pride Live Oak Processing Plant Live Oak, FL 1.6M lbs
Pilgrim's Pride Sumter Processing Plant Sumter, SC 1.5M lbs
Swift Beef Co Grand Island, NE 1.3M lbs
Pilgrim's Pride Elberton Processing Plant Elberton, GA 924.1K lbs
Pilgrim's Pride Corp Natchitoches Processing Plant Natchitoches, LA 301.5K lbs
Pilgrim's Pride Corp Nacogdoches Processing Plant Nacogdoches, TX 278.7K lbs
Jbs USA Food Co Worthington, MN 217.4K lbs
Pilgrims Pride Russellville Processing Plant Russellville, AL 194.5K lbs
Pilgrim's Pride Corp de Queen Processing Plant De Queen, AR 142.5K lbs
Pilgrim's Cold Springs Processing Plant Cold Spring, MN 142.1K lbs
Jbs Souderton Inc-Beef Plant Souderton, PA 90.6K lbs
Pilgrim's Pride Athens Processing Plant Athens, GA 78.5K lbs
Swift & Co Louisville, KY 78.0K lbs
Pilgrim's Pride Douglas Processing Plant Douglas, GA 52.3K lbs
Pilgrim's Pride Gainesville Processing Plant Gainesville, GA 48.2K lbs
Pilgrim's Pride Guntersville Processing Plant Guntersville, AL 26.5K lbs
Pilgrim's Pride Corp Marshville Processing Facility Marshville, NC 21.0K lbs
Pilgrim's Pride Carrollton Processing Plant Carrollton, GA 19.2K lbs
Jbs Tolleson Tolleson, AZ 18.8K lbs
Pilgrim's Pride Ellijay Processing Plant Ellijay, GA 12.6K lbs
To-Ricos Ltd Aibonito, PR 11.8K lbs
Pilgrim's Pride Corp Chattanooga Debone/cook Facilit Chattanooga, TN 10.6K lbs
Pilgrim's Pride Complex Canton Canton, GA 9.1K lbs
Pilgrim's Pride Corp Lufkin Processing Plant Lufkin, TX 4.8K lbs
Jbs-Omaha Omaha, NE 500 lbs
Swift Prepared Foods - Columbia Columbia, MO 133 lbs
Jbs Green Bay Green Bay, WI 30 lbs
Trioak Foods LLC Bushnell, IL 0 lbs
Trioak Foods LLC - Feed Mill Oakville, IA 0 lbs
Pilgrim's Pride Corp (ranger Feed Mill) Ranger, GA 0 lbs
Pilgrim's Pride Corp Nacogdoches (tenaha) Feed Mill Tenaha, TX 0 lbs
Pilgrim's Pride Corp Nacogdoches Feed Mill Nacogdoches, TX 0 lbs
Pilgrims Pride Corp - Nashville Feed Mill Nashville, AR 0 lbs
Pilgrim's Pride Corp Dequeen (nashville) Feed Mill Nashville, AR 0 lbs
Pilgrim's Natchitoches Feed Mill Natchitoches, LA 0 lbs
Jbs Live Pork Smithton Feed Mill Smithton, MO 0 lbs
Jbs Live Pork Centralia Feed Mill Centralia, MO 0 lbs
Pilgrim's Sauk Rapids Feedmill Sauk Rapids, MN 0 lbs
Pilgrim's Arcadia Feedmill Arcadia, WI 0 lbs
Jbs Live Pork Hedrick Feed Mill Fremont, IA 0 lbs
Pilgrim's Pride Corp Mayfield Ky. Feed Mill Mayfield, KY 0 lbs
Pilgrim's Pride Corp Chattanooga Feedmill Chattanooga, TN 0 lbs
Pilgrim's Pride Enterprise (midland) Feed Mill Midland City, AL 0 lbs
Pilgrim's Pride Guntersville Feed Mill Guntersville, AL 0 lbs
Pilgrim's Pride Russellville (tuscumbia) Feed Mill Tuscumbia, AL 0 lbs
Pilgrim's Pride Russellville (falkville) Feed Mill Falkville, AL 0 lbs
Pilgrim's Pride Live Oak Feed Mill Live Oak, FL 0 lbs
Pilgrim's Pride Douglas (ambrose) Feed Mill Ambrose, GA 0 lbs
Pilgrim's Pride Ellijay (calhoun) Feed Mill Calhoun, GA 0 lbs
Athens Feed Mill Pilgrim's Pride Athens, GA 0 lbs
Pilgrim's Pride Gainesville Feed Mill Gainesville, GA 0 lbs
Pilgrim's Pride Feed Mill Bremen, GA 0 lbs
Pilgrim's Pride Sumter Feed Mill Sumter, SC 0 lbs
Pilgrim's Pride Corp Wingate Feed Mill Wingate, NC 0 lbs
Pilgrim's Pride Corp Staley Feedmill Staley, NC 0 lbs
To-Ricos Ltd Las Piedras Feed Mill Las Piedras, PR 0 lbs

Frequently Asked Questions

How much pollution does Jbs USA Food Co release?
Jbs USA Food Co discloses 55.7M lbs across 64 facilities. On the ladder it sits near Wieland Holdings Inc and Archer Daniels Midland Co. Jbs USA Food Co ranks #37 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents by disclosed release pounds, mid-to-upper among parents, not a top-25 volume name.
How many facilities does Jbs USA Food Co operate?
Jbs USA Food Co maps to 64 facilities in Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, including Jbs/swift Pork Co; Jbs Plainwell; Swift Pork; Pilgrim's Pride Enterprise Processing Plant. Jbs USA Food Co's disclosed pounds are spread across 64 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
What industries and chemicals show up for Jbs USA Food Co?
Jbs USA Food Co's disclosed pounds sit inside a single reported industry label: Food. Jbs USA Food Co's largest disclosed chemicals by pounds are Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Ammonia, Peracetic acid, Hydrogen sulfide, Mixture (none of those top chemicals carry a carcinogen flag in this extract). Neighbor parents: Wieland Holdings Inc; Archer Daniels Midland Co.

Compare beyond the release ladder

Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count

Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Jbs USA Food Co on total disclosed release pounds (55.7M lbs) and reporting facility count (64). Release-volume peers include Basf Corp, United Global Foods US Holdings Inc, Chevron Corp. Facility-count peers include Koch Inc., Summit Materials LLC, Ergon Inc. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of parents.

About This Data

EPA TRI parent totals cover all media. This extract's heaviest states for the parent are Illinois, Iowa, Michigan; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.

Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files

What to do with Jbs USA Food Co's TRI parent record

From Jbs USA Food Co, open Jbs/swift Pork Co or compare against Wieland Holdings Inc rather than reading rank alone.

Rank and peers (Wieland Holdings Inc, Archer Daniels Midland Co) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.

Use and verify this record

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Company release figures are computed directly from EPA Toxic Release Inventory data; source names and the record-linking method are documented in the methodology.

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