Shearer's Foods
4 facilities · 4 states · 35.6K lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Shearer's Foods is the reported parent of 4 Form R facilities across 4 states, disclosing 35.6K lbs of toxic releases. 6 chemicals are reported; none carry a carcinogen classification in this extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Arkansas (27.2K lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds across Shearer's Foods's multi-state Form R set, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Shearer's Foods: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-6.4%
3 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-6.4%
9.0 thousand lb → 8.4 thousand lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 1 facility filed for the first time and 0 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Shearer's Foods's total reported releases fell from 9.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 8.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Shearer's Foods's air releases fell from 272 lb in 2022 to 30 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Shearer's Foods's off-site transfers fell from 8.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 8.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Shearer's Foods from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Shearer's Foods; Shearers Food LLC; Barrel O'Fun Snack Foods Co; Shearer's Foods. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Clean Harbors Inc; Suzano Packaging LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Manganese compounds; Nitric acid. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Arkansas; Virginia; Minnesota. 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: Shearer's Foods; Shearers Food LLC; Barrel O'Fun Snack Foods Co; Shearer's Foods. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Clean Harbors Inc; Suzano Packaging LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Manganese compounds; Nitric acid. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Arkansas; Virginia; Minnesota. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Food.
Shearer's Foods ranks #2,177 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Shearer's Foods files across 4 states, a regional parent portfolio rather than a single-state discloser. Releases are facility-concentrated: Shearer's Foods accounts for most of Shearer's Foods's disclosed pounds, so peer comparisons should weight that site, not an even portfolio average.
Parent aggregation for Shearer's Foods follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Clean Harbors Inc; Suzano Packaging LLC) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Shearer's Foods sits among TRI parents
Shearer's Foods sits on a disclosure ladder beside Clean Harbors Inc and Suzano Packaging LLC. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Clean Harbors Inc · rank #2,175 · 16.6M lbs
- Suzano Packaging LLC · rank #2,176 · 15.3M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Shearer's Foods
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Manganese compounds; Nitric acid lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Shearer's Foods. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 26.9K lbs |
| Manganese compounds | 8.3K lbs |
| Nitric acid | 356 lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | 1 | 27.2K lbs |
| Virginia | 1 | 8.3K lbs |
| Minnesota | 1 | 50 lbs |
| Ohio | 1 | 10 lbs |
Facilities (4)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Shearer's Foods Newport, AR | 27.2K lbs |
| Shearers Food LLC Bristol, VA | 8.3K lbs |
| Barrel O'Fun Snack Foods Co Perham, MN | 50 lbs |
| Shearer's Foods Brewster, OH | 10 lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Shearer's Foods on total disclosed release pounds (35.6K lbs) and reporting facility count (4). Release-volume peers include Evapco Inc, North American Lighting Inc, Woodworth Inc. Facility-count peers include A Stucki Holding Corp, Advanced Heat Treat Corp, Alleima USA LLC. 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 Arkansas, Virginia, Minnesota; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Shearer's Foods's TRI parent record
From Shearer's Foods, open Shearer's Foods or compare against Clean Harbors Inc rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Shearer's Foods (Shearer's Foods in AR). Largest facility
- Compare against Suzano Packaging LLC, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Shearer's Foods sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Clean Harbors Inc, Suzano Packaging LLC) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
Shearer's Foods'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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