EPA TRI Facility · Food
Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC Dba: Country Fresh
Grand Rapids, MI · Parent: Dairy Farmers of America Inc
- Total releases
- 36.8K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
MIXED Form-R mix
Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC Dba: Country Fresh: how the 36.8K lbs splits
36.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 17.9K lbs 48.7%
- Off-site Transfers 15.4K lbs 41.8%
- Land Disposal 3.5K lbs 9.5%
Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC Dba: Country Fresh's 36.8K lbs Form-R total is MIXED - air releases is 48.7% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 41.8%. Leading chemical by pounds: Ammonia.
LIGHT volume MIXED pathway CLEAN
Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC Dba: Country Fresh is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Grand Rapids, MI, in the food sector. It reported 5.3K lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2023, and 36.8K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 6,849 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Michigan's 791 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC Dba: Country Fresh is pounds #257 and chemical-count #351 at 36.8K lbs. Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp Dearborn Works leads reported pounds (53.0M lbs) at 17 chemicals (chemical-count #27). Eq Detroit Inc leads chemical count at 71 chemicals (14.0M lbs, pounds #5). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Blackmer a Dover Co; Vi-Chem Corp; Michigan Wheel Operations LLC; Arkema Inc. Similar-scale Food peers outside Michigan: Sanimax USA LLC; Turkey Hill Dairy; Sfc Global Supply Chain Inc. Florence Ky; Conagra Foods Packaged Foods LLC. Other Dairy Farmers of America Inc sites in this extract: Dairy Farmers of America Inc; Dairy Farmers of America Inc.; Dairiconcepts L.P.; Portales Dairy Products LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid.
Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC Dba: Country Fresh is a LIGHT · MIXED-pathway Form-R site in Grand Rapids, MI: 36.8K lbs across 3 chemicals. No single media clears 70% of the bar (lead segment air releases at 48.7%). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Sanimax USA LLC and Turkey Hill Dairy.
Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC Dba: Country Fresh vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
37K lbs Top 26% higher than 74% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC Dba: Country Fresh: Ammonia-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC Dba: Country Fresh reports the 694th-largest volume (36.8K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ammonia alone is 76.4% of the total. Scale peers outside Michigan include Sanimax USA LLC and Turkey Hill Dairy.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC Dba: Country Fresh's pounds in one chemical - here Ammonia at 76.4%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC Dba: Country Fresh's total reported releases fell from 8.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 5.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC Dba: Country Fresh's land releases fell from 3.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC Dba: Country Fresh's air releases fell from 1.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 110 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC Dba: Country Fresh's off-site transfers rose from 3.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 5.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC Dba: Country Fresh Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC Dba: Country Fresh releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 36.8K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 59% (12.9K lbs to 5.3K lbs).
Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC Dba: Country Fresh: 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 Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC Dba: Country Fresh year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 59% 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 | 12.9K lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 9.9K lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 0 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 8.6K lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 5.3K lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 28.1K lbs | - |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 8.7K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 5 lbs | - |
Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC Dba: Country Fresh in Kent
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Closest other reporters in Michigan - including Blackmer a Dover Co, Vi-Chem Corp, Michigan Wheel Operations LLC, ordered by distance.
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Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Michigan - e.g. Sanimax USA LLC, Turkey Hill Dairy, Sfc Global Supply Chain Inc. Florence Ky.
Compare beyond Michigan
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC Dba: Country Fresh on cumulative reported pounds (36.8K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Ascent Buildings LLC, Republic Steel Wire Processing, Pro-Tect Manufacturing Inc. Chemical-count peers include Industrial C&s of Pr LLC Arecibo Plant, Island Litho Corp., Fenwal International Inc. 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.
- Ascent Buildings LLC Portland, TN · Fabricated Metals 36.8K lbs reported
- Republic Steel Wire Processing Solon, OH · Primary Metals 36.7K lbs reported
- Pro-Tect Manufacturing Inc Saint Louis, MO · Plastics and Rubber 36.7K lbs reported
- L'Oreal USA Products Inc Somerset, NJ · Chemicals 36.8K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Dairy Farmers of America Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Dairy Farmers of America Inc, Dairy Farmers of America Inc., Dairiconcepts L.P..
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, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nitric acid; nearby reporters include Blackmer a Dover Co. Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC Dba: Country Fresh 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 Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC Dba: Country Fresh TRI extract (LIGHT · MIXED · CLEAN · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC Dba: Country Fresh totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Grand Rapids, MI, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311511 · Food. 1.1% of Kent TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Ascent Buildings LLC (Δ 9 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC Dba: Country Fresh stamps LIGHT · MIXED pathway (air releases leads at 48.7%). 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