EPA TRI Facility · Food
Swift Pork
Marshalltown, IA · Parent: Jbs USA Food Co
- Total releases
- 9.2M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Swift Pork: how the 9.2M lbs splits
9.2M lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 9.1M lbs 98.7%
- Air Releases 122.9K lbs 1.3%
Swift Pork's 9.2M lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 98.7% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 1.3%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
HEAVY volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Swift Pork is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Marshalltown, IA, in the food sector. It reported 270.0K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 9.2M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 233 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Iowa's 460 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Swift Pork is pounds #5 and chemical-count #238 at 9.2M lbs. Climax Molybdenum Co leads reported pounds (16.4M lbs) at 5 chemicals (chemical-count #117). Helena Industries LLC leads chemical count at 32 chemicals (9.4K lbs, pounds #247). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Lennox Industries Inc; Diamond Vogel Inc.; Fisher Controls International LLC; Forterra Concrete Products - Marshalltown. Similar-scale Food peers outside Iowa: Darling Ingredients Inc.- Linkwood Facility; McCain Foods USA Inc; Tyson Farms Inc. - Carthage Ms Processing Plant; Amalgamated Sugar Co. Other Jbs USA Food Co sites in this extract: Jbs/swift Pork Co; Jbs Plainwell; Pilgrim's Pride Enterprise Processing Plant; Jbs Pork. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Ammonia.
Swift Pork stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (98.7% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 9.2M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Darling Ingredients Inc.- Linkwood Facility and McCain Foods USA Inc.
Swift Pork vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
9.2M lbs Top 1% higher than 99% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Swift Pork inside Marshall's TRI pounds
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Swift Pork reports the 17th-largest volume, placing it in the top 0.9% of its sector. This one site accounts for more than 99.9% of every pound reported in Marshall. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is 96.9% of the total. Scale peers outside Iowa include Darling Ingredients Inc.- Linkwood Facility and McCain Foods USA Inc.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Marshall's reported pounds (9.2M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Swift Pork's total reported releases fell from 307.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 270.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Swift Pork's air releases rose from 12.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 22.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Swift Pork's off-site transfers fell from 295.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 248.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Swift Pork Form-R facts
Compare this facility
See how Swift Pork stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
90352.2× more than the comparison
71% less 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 Swift Pork releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 9.2M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 93% (3.7M lbs to 270.0K lbs).
Swift Pork: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Swift Pork year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 93% 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 | 3.7M lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 4.5M lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 439.3K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 307.7K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 270.0K 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) | 8.9M lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 288.0K lbs | - |
Swift Pork · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Swift Pork
Closest other reporters in Iowa - including Lennox Industries Inc, Diamond Vogel Inc., Fisher Controls International LLC, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 459 other reporting facilities in Iowa.
Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Iowa - e.g. Darling Ingredients Inc.- Linkwood Facility, McCain Foods USA Inc, Tyson Farms Inc. - Carthage Ms Processing Plant.
Compare beyond Iowa
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Swift Pork on cumulative reported pounds (9.2M lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Darling Ingredients Inc.- Linkwood Facility, Inv Nylon Chemicals Americas Orange Site, Basf Corp - Freeport Site. 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.
- Darling Ingredients Inc.- Linkwood Facility Linkwood, MD · Food 9.1M lbs reported
- Inv Nylon Chemicals Americas Orange Site Orange, TX · Chemicals 9.1M lbs reported
- Basf Corp - Freeport Site Freeport, TX · Chemicals 9.4M lbs reported
- W.a. Parish Electric Generating Station Thompsons, TX · Electric Utilities 9.4M lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Jbs USA Food Co Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Jbs/swift Pork Co, Jbs Plainwell, Pilgrim's Pride Enterprise 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 Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Ammonia; nearby reporters include Lennox Industries Inc. Swift Pork stamps HEAVY volume · OFFSITE 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 Swift Pork TRI extract (HEAVY · OFFSITE · 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.
Swift Pork totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Marshalltown, IA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311611 · Food. more than 99.9% of Marshall TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Darling Ingredients Inc.- Linkwood Facility (Δ 121.7K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Swift Pork stamps HEAVY volume · OFFSITE 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