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.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Jbs USA Food Co: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
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
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
- Wieland Holdings Inc · rank #38 · 30.1M lbs
- Archer Daniels Midland Co · rank #39 · 26.9M lbs
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)
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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.
Similar disclosed release pounds
Nearest parents (≥3 facilities, ≥10k lbs) by absolute TRI disclosed pounds, not rank-adjacent ladder neighbors.
Similar facility count
Nearest parents by reporting-site count (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
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.
- Open the largest Form R site for Jbs USA Food Co (Jbs/swift Pork Co in IL). Largest facility
- Compare against Wieland Holdings Inc, the next-lower disclosed-volume parent. Lower-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Jbs USA Food Co sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
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
Jbs USA Food Co'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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