EPA TRI Facility · Food
Tyson Poultry Inc
Van Buren, AR · Parent: Tyson Foods Inc
- Total releases
- 620 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Tyson Poultry Inc: how the 620 lbs splits
620 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 620 lbs 100.0%
Tyson Poultry Inc's 620 lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Peracetic acid.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Tyson Poultry Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Van Buren, AR, in the food sector. It reported 300 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 620 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 14,494 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: Tate&lyle Van Buren; Afco Steel LLC; Applied Process Fort Smith; Precision Packaging Inc. Similar-scale Food peers outside Arkansas: Perdue Foods - Mount Vernon Processing Plant; Kent Nutrition Group - Sheldon; Kent Nutrition Group Inc; Grande Cheese Co Juda. Other Tyson Foods Inc sites in this extract: Tyson Fresh Meats Inc - Joslin Il; Tyson Fresh Meats Inc; Tyson Farms Inc. - Carthage Ms Processing Plant; Tyson Fresh Meats Inc-Louisa County. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Peracetic acid.
Tyson Poultry Inc stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 620 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Perdue Foods - Mount Vernon Processing Plant and Kent Nutrition Group - Sheldon.
Tyson Poultry Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
620 lbs 44th percentile higher than 44% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Tyson Poultry Inc in the Food sector extract
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Tyson Poultry Inc reports the 1,201st-largest volume (620 lbs). Scale peers outside Arkansas include Perdue Foods - Mount Vernon Processing Plant and Kent Nutrition Group - Sheldon.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Tyson Poultry Inc's total reported releases rose from 140 lb in 2022 to 300 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Tyson Poultry Inc's air releases rose from 140 lb in 2022 to 300 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Tyson Poultry Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Tyson Poultry Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 620 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 400% (60 lbs to 300 lbs).
Tyson Poultry Inc: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Tyson Poultry Inc year-over-year reported totals (increased by 400% 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: Peracetic acid.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 60 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 60 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 60 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 140 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 300 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Peracetic acid | 620 lbs | - |
Tyson Poultry Inc · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Tyson Poultry Inc
Closest other reporters in Arkansas - including Tate&lyle Van Buren, Afco Steel LLC, Applied Process Fort Smith, ordered by distance.
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Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Arkansas - e.g. Perdue Foods - Mount Vernon Processing Plant, Kent Nutrition Group - Sheldon, Kent Nutrition Group Inc.
Other Tyson Foods Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Tyson Fresh Meats Inc - Joslin Il, Tyson Fresh Meats Inc, Tyson Farms Inc. - Carthage Ms Processing Plant.
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 Peracetic acid; nearby reporters include Tate&lyle Van Buren. Tyson Poultry Inc stamps TRACE volume · AIR 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 Tyson Poultry Inc TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CLEAN · lead Peracetic acid) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Tyson Poultry Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Van Buren, AR, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311615 · Food. 0.1% of Crawford TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Recold (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Tyson Poultry Inc stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Peracetic acid. 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