EPA TRI Facility · Food
Tyson Chicken Inc.
Dexter, MO · Parent: Tyson Foods Inc
- Total releases
- 300 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Tyson Chicken Inc.: how the 300 lbs splits
300 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 300 lbs 100.0%
Tyson Chicken Inc.'s 300 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 Chicken Inc. is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Dexter, MO, in the food sector. It reported 60 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 300 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 15,363 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Missouri's 491 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Tyson Chicken Inc. is pounds #377 and chemical-count #439 at 300 lbs. Buick Mine/mill leads reported pounds (48.2M lbs) at 8 chemicals (chemical-count #66). Buzzi Unicem Usa-Cape Girardeau leads chemical count at 87 chemicals (904.5K lbs, pounds #44). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Faurecia Clean Mobility; W W Wood Products Inc; Sikeston Power Station; Unilever Sikeston. Similar-scale Food peers outside Missouri: Caribbean Refrescos Inc.; Farbest Foods Inc; Mead Johnson Nutrition; Sara Lee Frozen Bakery LLC. 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 Chicken Inc. stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 300 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Caribbean Refrescos Inc. and Farbest Foods Inc.
Tyson Chicken Inc. vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
300 lbs 41st percentile higher than 41% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Tyson Chicken Inc. in the Food sector extract
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Tyson Chicken Inc. reports the 1,238th-largest volume (300 lbs). Scale peers outside Missouri include Caribbean Refrescos Inc. and Farbest Foods Inc.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Tyson Chicken Inc. Form-R facts
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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 Tyson Chicken Inc. releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 300 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases held roughly flat (60 lbs to 60 lbs).
Tyson Chicken 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 Chicken Inc. year-over-year reported totals (held roughly flat 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 | 60 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 60 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Peracetic acid | 300 lbs | - |
Tyson Chicken Inc. · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Tyson Chicken Inc.
Closest other reporters in Missouri - including Faurecia Clean Mobility, W W Wood Products Inc, Sikeston Power Station, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 490 other reporting facilities in Missouri.
Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Missouri - e.g. Caribbean Refrescos Inc., Farbest Foods Inc, Mead Johnson Nutrition.
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 Faurecia Clean Mobility. Tyson Chicken 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 Chicken 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 Chicken Inc. totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Dexter, MO, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311615 · Food. 0.0% of Stoddard TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Ferroloy Inc (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Tyson Chicken 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