EPA TRI Facility · Food
Fresno Cherry Avenue
Fresno, CA · Parent: Foster Poultry Farms
- Total releases
- 26.4K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
MIXED Form-R mix
Fresno Cherry Avenue: how the 26.4K lbs splits
26.4K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 18.3K lbs 69.3%
- Off-site Transfers 8.1K lbs 30.7%
Fresno Cherry Avenue's 26.4K lbs Form-R total is MIXED - air releases is 69.3% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 30.7%. Leading chemical by pounds: Ammonia.
LIGHT volume MIXED pathway CLEAN
Fresno Cherry Avenue is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Fresno, CA, in the food sector. It reported 2.4K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 26.4K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 7,609 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In California's 1,149 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Fresno Cherry Avenue is pounds #284 and chemical-count #563 at 26.4K lbs. Clean Harbors Buttonwillow LLC leads reported pounds (50.4M lbs) at 45 chemicals (chemical-count #2). Chevron Products Co Richmond Refinery leads chemical count at 46 chemicals (3.0M lbs, pounds #13). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Sanger Boats Inc; General Coatings Manufacturing Corp; Cargill Meat Solutions Corp; Gea Farm Technologies Inc. DBA Gea Ws West. Similar-scale Food peers outside California: Western Quality Foods LLC; Pilgrim's Pride Guntersville Processing Plant; Hanover Foods Corp; Devro Inc. Other Foster Poultry Farms sites in this extract: Foster Farms Farmerville Plant; Foster Farms Livingston Complex; Foster Turkey Products FTP-1; Foster Farms Belgravia Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Peracetic acid.
Compare Fresno Cherry Avenue with
Nearest reporters in California
- Sanger Boats Inc Fresno · 58.7K lbs
- General Coatings Manufacturing Corp Fresno · 4.2K lbs
- Cargill Meat Solutions Corp Fresno · 151.5K lbs
- Gea Farm Technologies Inc. DBA Gea Ws West Fresno · 50 lbs
Similar-scale Food sites elsewhere: Western Quality Foods LLC (UT) · Pilgrim's Pride Guntersville Processing Plant (AL) · Hanover Foods Corp (PA)
Fresno Cherry Avenue is a LIGHT · MIXED-pathway Form-R site in Fresno, CA: 26.4K lbs across 2 chemicals. No single media clears 70% of the bar (lead segment air releases at 69.3%). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Western Quality Foods LLC and Pilgrim's Pride Guntersville Processing Plant.
Fresno Cherry Avenue vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
26K lbs Top 29% higher than 71% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Fresno Cherry Avenue: Ammonia-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Fresno Cherry Avenue reports the 763rd-largest volume (26.4K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ammonia alone is 64.5% of the total. Scale peers outside California include Western Quality Foods LLC and Pilgrim's Pride Guntersville Processing Plant.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Fresno Cherry Avenue's pounds in one chemical - here Ammonia at 64.5%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Fresno Cherry Avenue's total reported releases fell from 6.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Fresno Cherry Avenue's off-site transfers fell from 2.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Fresno Cherry Avenue's chemicals reported fell from 2 in 2022 to 1 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Fresno Cherry Avenue's air releases fell from 4.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Fresno Cherry Avenue Form-R facts
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55% less than the comparison
2.0× more than the comparison
Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.
How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Fresno Cherry Avenue releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 26.4K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 65% (7.0K lbs to 2.4K lbs).
Fresno Cherry Avenue: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · MIXED pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Fresno Cherry Avenue year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 65% 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: Ammonia.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 7.0K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 7.6K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 2.6K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 6.8K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 2.4K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 17.0K lbs | - |
| Peracetic acid | 9.4K lbs | - |
Fresno Cherry Avenue in Fresno
Nearest TRI Facilities to Fresno Cherry Avenue
Closest other reporters in California - including Sanger Boats Inc, General Coatings Manufacturing Corp, Cargill Meat Solutions Corp, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 1,148 other reporting facilities in California.
Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside California - e.g. Western Quality Foods LLC, Pilgrim's Pride Guntersville Processing Plant, Hanover Foods Corp.
Compare beyond California
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Fresno Cherry Avenue on cumulative reported pounds (26.4K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Chemtreat Inc, Island Can Carribean Inc, Heraeus Epurio LLC. 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.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Foster Poultry Farms Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Foster Farms Farmerville Plant, Foster Farms Livingston Complex, Foster Turkey Products FTP-1.
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 Ammonia, Peracetic acid; nearby reporters include Sanger Boats Inc. Fresno Cherry Avenue stamps LIGHT volume · MIXED 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 Fresno Cherry Avenue TRI extract (LIGHT · MIXED · CLEAN · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Fresno Cherry Avenue totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Fresno, CA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311615 · Food. 1.2% of Fresno TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Chemtreat Inc (Δ 10 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Fresno Cherry Avenue stamps LIGHT · MIXED pathway (air releases leads at 69.3%). Pipeline-rendered EPA Form-R only - no editor-typed pounds. 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