Michael Foods Inc
11 facilities · 6 states · 1.1M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Michael Foods Inc is the reported parent of 11 Form R facilities across 6 states, disclosing 1.1M lbs of toxic releases. 21 chemicals are reported; none carry a carcinogen classification in this extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Minnesota (587.1K lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds across Michael Foods Inc's multi-state Form R set, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Michael Foods Inc: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
+0.7%
8 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
+0.7%
224.8 thousand lb → 226.5 thousand lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 2 facilities filed for the first time and 0 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Michael Foods Inc's total reported releases rose from 224.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 226.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Michael Foods Inc's water releases rose from 118.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 120.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Michael Foods Inc from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: M G Waldbaum; Mg Waldbaum Co; Mg Waldbaum Co; Papetti's Hygrade Egg Products Inc. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Xcel Energy; Allete Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid; Ammonia; Chlorine. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Minnesota; Iowa; Nebraska. 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.
Largest Form R sites under this parent: M G Waldbaum; Mg Waldbaum Co; Mg Waldbaum Co; Papetti's Hygrade Egg Products Inc. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Xcel Energy; Allete Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid; Ammonia; Chlorine. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Minnesota; Iowa; Nebraska. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Food.
Michael Foods Inc ranks #595 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Michael Foods Inc spans 6 states in this extract, placing it among the broader national TRI parent footprints. Michael Foods Inc's disclosed pounds are spread across 11 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for Michael Foods Inc follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Xcel Energy; Allete Inc) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Michael Foods Inc sits among TRI parents
Michael Foods Inc sits on a disclosure ladder beside Xcel Energy and Allete Inc. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Xcel Energy · rank #593 · 22.8M lbs
- Allete Inc · rank #594 · 11.9M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Michael Foods Inc
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid; Ammonia; Chlorine lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as M G Waldbaum. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 1.0M lbs |
| Nitric acid | 113.1K lbs |
| Ammonia | 0 lbs |
| Chlorine | 0 lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 3 | 587.1K lbs |
| Iowa | 3 | 402.1K lbs |
| Nebraska | 1 | 114.2K lbs |
| Pennsylvania | 1 | 32.8K lbs |
| Arizona | 1 | 4.9K lbs |
| New Jersey | 2 | 0 lbs |
Facilities (11)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| M G Waldbaum Gaylord, MN | 587.1K lbs |
| Mg Waldbaum Co Britt, IA | 368.5K lbs |
| Mg Waldbaum Co Wakefield, NE | 114.2K lbs |
| Papetti's Hygrade Egg Products Inc Lenox, IA | 33.7K lbs |
| Papetti's Hygrade Egg Products Inc Klingerstown, PA | 32.8K lbs |
| Michael Foods Inc. Yuma, AZ | 4.9K lbs |
| Papettis Hygrade Egg Products Inc Elizabeth, NJ | 0 lbs |
| Mg Waldbaum Gaylord, MN | 0 lbs |
| Northern Star Co Chaska, MN | 0 lbs |
| Michael Foods Norwalk Norwalk, IA | 0 lbs |
| Papetti's Hygrade Egg Products Inc Elizabeth, NJ | 0 lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Michael Foods Inc on total disclosed release pounds (1.1M lbs) and reporting facility count (11). Release-volume peers include Danaher Corp, Curia Global Inc, Sechler Family Foods. Facility-count peers include Ag Processing Inc, American Electric Power, Atlas Roofing Corp. 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 Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Michael Foods Inc's TRI parent record
From Michael Foods Inc, open M G Waldbaum or compare against Xcel Energy rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Michael Foods Inc (M G Waldbaum in MN). Largest facility
- Compare against Allete Inc, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Michael Foods Inc sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Xcel Energy, Allete Inc) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
Michael 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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