EPA TRI Facility · Food
Red Star Yeast LLC / Lesaffre Yeast Corp.
Headland, AL · Parent: Lesaffre International
- Total releases
- 457.3K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
Red Star Yeast LLC / Lesaffre Yeast Corp. is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Headland, AL, in the food sector. It reported 94.7K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 457.3K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 2,053 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Covenant Steel Warehouse; Dunbarton Corp Rediframe Div; Apec; Qualico Steel Co Inc. Similar-scale Food peers outside Alabama: Cargill Texturizing Solutions; Cp Kelco; Saputo Cheese USA Inc; Cargill Inc. Other Lesaffre International sites in this extract: Red Star Yeast Co LLC; Bio Springer N.a. Corp.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
Red Star Yeast LLC / Lesaffre Yeast Corp. has reported 457.3K lbs of toxic releases across 2 chemicals to the EPA Toxic Release Inventory, based on annual facility disclosures from 2019 through 2023. The facility operates in the Food sector. The primary release pathway is land disposal, accounting for 81% of total releases. All release data shown below is self-reported to the EPA under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) Section 313.
Where this facility sits in the TRI record
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Red Star Yeast LLC / Lesaffre Yeast Corp. reports the 248th-largest volume, placing it in the top 12.5% of its sector. This one site accounts for 100% of every pound reported in Henry.
Placement is computed from reported TRI pounds in this database. Thresholds are fixed across every facility page: concentrated ≥60% of volume in one chemical, county-dominant ≥25% of the county total, carcinogen-heavy ≥50% of pounds. Share-based statements are shown only for sites reporting at least 1,000 lbs, because a share of a very small total is not a meaningful signal. Reported pounds are self-reported estimates and do not measure toxicity or health risk.
Red Star Yeast LLC / Lesaffre Yeast Corp. files annual Form R disclosures to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory under EPCRA Section 313, classified under NAICS 311991 (Food). Across 5 years of records spanning 2019–2023, the site has disclosed 457.3K lbs in cumulative toxic releases across 2 distinct chemicals. Largest chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
The dominant release pathway is land disposal at 369.0K lbs (80.7% of total volume), followed by water discharges at 13.7%. Between 2019 and 2023, reported totals increased by 19% - from 79.6K lbs to 94.7K lbs. The facility is operated under parent company Lesaffre International alongside Red Star Yeast Co LLC; Bio Springer N.a. Corp.. Nearest other TRI reporters: Covenant Steel Warehouse; Dunbarton Corp Rediframe Div; Apec; Qualico Steel Co Inc. Similar-scale peers outside Alabama: Cargill Texturizing Solutions; Cp Kelco; Saputo Cheese USA Inc; Cargill Inc.
TRI Form R values are self-reported estimates, not measured stack emissions, and treat every pound of reported chemical equally regardless of toxicity. Inclusion in the TRI database does not establish a health risk to nearby residents; it documents the annual reporting record that Red Star Yeast LLC / Lesaffre Yeast Corp. has filed with the EPA under federal community right-to-know requirements - open Covenant Steel Warehouse for a different chemical mix before treating volume as risk.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Red Star Yeast LLC / Lesaffre Yeast Corp.'s total reported releases fell from 102.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 94.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Red Star Yeast LLC / Lesaffre Yeast Corp.'s water releases fell from 17.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 11.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Red Star Yeast LLC / Lesaffre Yeast Corp.'s land releases fell from 79.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 77.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Red Star Yeast LLC / Lesaffre Yeast Corp.'s air releases rose from 5.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 5.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Quick Facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Red Star Yeast LLC / Lesaffre Yeast Corp. releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 457.3K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 19% (79.6K lbs to 94.7K lbs).
Reported total releases by year
Red Star Yeast LLC / Lesaffre Yeast Corp. - annual TRI totals
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What this shows Year-over-year reported totals. TRI figures are self-reported estimates and can swing with production levels, waste-rock handling and reporting changes, not only with emissions controls.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 79.6K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 110.2K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 70.3K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 102.6K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 94.7K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 260.4K lbs | - |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 196.8K lbs | - |
Location
Nearest TRI Facilities to Red Star Yeast LLC / Lesaffre Yeast Corp.
Closest other reporters in Alabama - including Covenant Steel Warehouse, Dunbarton Corp Rediframe Div, Apec, ordered by distance.
Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Alabama - e.g. Cargill Texturizing Solutions, Cp Kelco, Saputo Cheese USA Inc.
Other Lesaffre International Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Red Star Yeast Co LLC, Bio Springer N.a. Corp..
About TRI Data
Data as of 2023 reporting year. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxic Release Inventory.
Data comes from the EPA Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) program. Facilities that manufacture, process, or otherwise use listed toxic chemicals above threshold amounts are required to report annually to the EPA.
On this page the largest disclosed chemicals include Ammonia, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); nearby reporters include Covenant Steel Warehouse. "Total releases" includes air, water, land, and off-site transfers for disposal, aggregated across available reporting years. Quantities are self-reported estimates, not measured stack emissions.
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Rank and named neighbors (Covenant Steel Warehouse, Dunbarton Corp Rediframe Div) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
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Sources & how this page was built
Every figure on this page traces to public, federal-government data on Red Star Yeast LLC / Lesaffre Yeast Corp.. The records below are the primary sources; our methodology explains how they are joined, computed, and verified.
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Basic Data Files - annual self-reported chemical-release filings. epa.gov
- EPA TRI Program, chemical & reporting reference - what each chemical is and how releases are counted. epa.gov
- EPA Facility Registry Service (FRS) - authoritative facility location and identity. epa.gov
- EPA Enforcement & Compliance History Online (ECHO) - regulatory and compliance context. echo.epa.gov
- EPA Envirofacts - the EPA data warehouse that exposes these datasets. enviro.epa.gov
Retrieved and formatted by PlainEnviro. TRI release totals are self-reported estimates, not measured stack emissions.
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Toxics Release Inventory has required annual industrial disclosure since its creation under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act in October 1986, and this facility's record is drawn from PlainEnviro's database of more than 25,000 EPA-tracked facilities through the 2023 reporting year; see our methodology for full source citations and refresh cadence.