EPA TRI Facility · Food
Gerber Products Co
Fort Smith, AR · Parent: Nestle USA Inc
- Total releases
- 55.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Water Discharges
WATER Form-R mix
Gerber Products Co: how the 55.0K lbs splits
55.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Water Discharges 54.9K lbs 99.8%
- Off-site Transfers 111 lbs 0.2%
Gerber Products Co's 55.0K lbs Form-R total is WATER - water discharges is 99.8% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 0.2%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
LIGHT volume WATER pathway CLEAN
Gerber Products Co is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Fort Smith, AR, in the food sector. It reported 10.2K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 55.0K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 5,913 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Arkansas's 350 reporting TRI sites, Clean Harbors el Dorado LLC leads both reported pounds (16.6M lbs) and chemical count (251 chemicals). The two rankings do not invert in this pool. Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Applied Process Fort Smith; Precision Packaging Inc; Ok Foods-Ft Smith; Bekaert Corp. Similar-scale Food peers outside Arkansas: Church & Dwight Co. Inc. Vancouver Facility; Dairiconcepts - el Dorado Springs; Suiza Dairy Corp; Tyson Farms Inc. - Forest Ms T2. Other Nestle USA Inc sites in this extract: Nestle Usa-Prepared Foods Div Inc; Nestle USA Inc Beverage Div; Nestle USA Inc.; Nestle Prepared Foods Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid.
Gerber Products Co stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant WATER pathway (99.8% water discharges) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 55.0K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Church & Dwight Co. Inc. Vancouver Facility and Dairiconcepts - el Dorado Springs.
Gerber Products Co vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
55K lbs Top 23% higher than 77% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Gerber Products Co: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Gerber Products Co reports the 610th-largest volume (55.0K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is more than 99.9% of the total. Scale peers outside Arkansas include Church & Dwight Co. Inc. Vancouver Facility and Dairiconcepts - el Dorado Springs.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Gerber Products Co's pounds in one chemical - here Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) at more than 99.9%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Gerber Products Co's total reported releases rose from 6.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 10.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Gerber Products Co's water releases rose from 6.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 10.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Gerber Products Co Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Gerber Products Co releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 55.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 34% (15.4K lbs to 10.2K lbs).
Gerber Products Co: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · WATER pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Gerber Products Co year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 34% from 2019 to 2023). TRI figures are self-reported estimates and can swing with production, waste handling, and reporting changes, not only with controls. Lead chemical in the extract: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 15.4K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 13.6K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 9.8K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 6.1K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 10.2K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 55.0K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 18 lbs | - |
Gerber Products Co · WATER-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Gerber Products Co
Closest other reporters in Arkansas - including Applied Process Fort Smith, Precision Packaging Inc, Ok Foods-Ft Smith, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 349 other reporting facilities in Arkansas.
Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Arkansas - e.g. Church & Dwight Co. Inc. Vancouver Facility, Dairiconcepts - el Dorado Springs, Suiza Dairy Corp.
Compare beyond Arkansas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Gerber Products Co on cumulative reported pounds (55.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Koch Fertilizer LLC - Taft Terminal, Church & Dwight Co. Inc. Vancouver Facility, Swagelok Processing Co. Chemical-count peers include Idi Caribe Inc, Suiza Dairy Corp, Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
Similar reported release pounds
Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
- Koch Fertilizer LLC - Taft Terminal Taft, LA · Chemical Wholesalers 55.0K lbs reported
- Church & Dwight Co. Inc. Vancouver Facility Vancouver, WA · Food 55.1K lbs reported
- Swagelok Processing Co Koppel, PA · Primary Metals 55.1K lbs reported
- Bluescope Buildings N.a. Inc. Saint Joseph, MO · Fabricated Metals 55.0K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Nestle USA Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Nestle Usa-Prepared Foods Div Inc, Nestle USA Inc Beverage Div, Nestle USA Inc..
About TRI Data
Data as of 2023 reporting year. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxic Release Inventory.
On this page the largest disclosed chemicals include Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nitric acid; nearby reporters include Applied Process Fort Smith. Gerber Products Co stamps LIGHT volume · WATER pathway · CLEAN carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
Use and verify this record
This Gerber Products Co TRI extract (LIGHT · WATER · CLEAN · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Gerber Products Co totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Fort Smith, AR, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311422 · Food. 1.5% of Sebastian TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Koch Fertilizer LLC - Taft Terminal (Δ 17 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Gerber Products Co stamps LIGHT volume · WATER pathway · CLEAN · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution). PlainEnviro renders this EPA Form-R extract from its pipeline; no figure is typed in by an editor. Corrections: editorial policy.
All federal data sources used on this page
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Basic Data Files - annual self-reported chemical-release filings. epa.gov
- EPA TRI Program reference - how chemicals and reported releases are counted. epa.gov
- EPA Facility Registry Service - facility location and identity. epa.gov
- EPA ECHO - regulatory and compliance context. epa.gov
- EPA Envirofacts - the EPA data warehouse exposing these datasets. epa.gov