Perdue Farms Inc
29 facilities · 13 states · 32.5M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Perdue Farms Inc is the reported parent of 29 Form R facilities across 13 states, disclosing 32.5M lbs of toxic releases. 3 of 94 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is North Carolina (13.3M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Perdue Farms Inc, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Perdue Farms Inc: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-6.5%
28 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-6.5%
6.3 million lb → 5.9 million lb, every facility that filed
- Perdue Farms Inc's total reported releases fell from 6.3 million lb in 2022 to 5.9 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Perdue Farms Inc's land releases rose from 3.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 11.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Perdue Farms Inc's off-site transfers rose from 39.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 80.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Perdue Farms Inc's water releases fell from 4.7 million lb in 2022 to 4.3 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Perdue Farms Inc from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Perdue Foods LLC - Lewiston Processing Plant; Perdue Foods LLC - Cromwell Processing Plant; Perdue Foods LLC - Perry Complex; Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Chesapeake Va. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Befesa Zinc US Inc.; Duke Energy Corp; Nutrien US Topco LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); n-Hexane; Cyclohexane; Hydrogen sulfide; Ammonia. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: North Carolina; Kentucky; Virginia. 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: Perdue Foods LLC - Lewiston Processing Plant; Perdue Foods LLC - Cromwell Processing Plant; Perdue Foods LLC - Perry Complex; Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Chesapeake Va. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Befesa Zinc US Inc.; Duke Energy Corp; Nutrien US Topco LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); n-Hexane; Cyclohexane; Hydrogen sulfide; Ammonia. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: North Carolina; Kentucky; Virginia. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Food.
Perdue Farms Inc ranks #63 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents by disclosed release pounds, mid-to-upper among parents, not a top-25 volume name. Perdue Farms Inc spans 13 states in this extract, placing it among the broader national TRI parent footprints. Perdue Farms Inc's disclosed pounds are spread across 29 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for Perdue Farms Inc follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Befesa Zinc US Inc.; Duke Energy Corp; Nutrien US Topco LLC) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Perdue Farms Inc sits among TRI parents
Perdue Farms Inc sits on a disclosure ladder beside Befesa Zinc US Inc. and Duke Energy Corp and Nutrien US Topco LLC. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Befesa Zinc US Inc. · rank #61 · 43.1M lbs
Lower disclosed volume
- Duke Energy Corp · rank #64 · 24.1M lbs
- Nutrien US Topco LLC · rank #65 · 22.9M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Perdue Farms Inc
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); n-Hexane; Cyclohexane; Hydrogen sulfide; Ammonia lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Perdue Foods LLC - Lewiston Processing Plant. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 25.1M lbs |
| n-Hexane | 6.6M lbs |
| Cyclohexane | 1.4M lbs |
| Hydrogen sulfide | 733.9K lbs |
| Ammonia | 709.1K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 8 | 13.3M lbs |
| Kentucky | 2 | 6.8M lbs |
| Virginia | 2 | 4.1M lbs |
| Georgia | 2 | 2.5M lbs |
| Delaware | 3 | 2.2M lbs |
| Maryland | 3 | 2.1M lbs |
| Pennsylvania | 1 | 1.2M lbs |
| Tennessee | 1 | 87.6K lbs |
| Iowa | 1 | 72.7K lbs |
| Indiana | 2 | 5.8K lbs |
| South Carolina | 1 | 4.5K lbs |
| Washington | 2 | 632 lbs |
| California | 1 | 520 lbs |
Facilities (29)
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Perdue Farms Inc on total disclosed release pounds (32.5M lbs) and reporting facility count (29). Release-volume peers include Energy Transfer Partners LP, Oneok Inc, Sabic US Holdings LP. Facility-count peers include Chevron Corp, Dupont de Nemours Inc, Eagle Materials 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 North Carolina, Kentucky, Virginia; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Perdue Farms Inc's TRI parent record
From Perdue Farms Inc, open Perdue Foods LLC - Lewiston Processing Plant or compare against Befesa Zinc US Inc. rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Perdue Farms Inc (Perdue Foods LLC - Lewiston Processing Plant in NC). Largest facility
- Compare against Befesa Zinc US Inc., the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Perdue Farms Inc sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Befesa Zinc US Inc., Duke Energy Corp) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
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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.
Primary sources
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory Basic Data Files - annual facility-level chemical-release disclosures
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