EPA TRI Facility · Food
Willow Brook Foods
Purdy, MO · Parent: Cargill Inc
- Total releases
- 2.6K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 4
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Willow Brook Foods: how the 2.6K lbs splits
2.6K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 2.6K lbs 100.0%
Willow Brook Foods's 2.6K 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: Formaldehyde.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CARC-HEAVY
Willow Brook Foods is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Purdy, MO, in the food sector. It reported 2.6K lbs of releases across 4 chemicals, summed over every year it filed. That ranks 12,356 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. Willow Brook Foods is pounds #303 and chemical-count #177 at 2.6K 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: George's Processing Inc of Missouri; Playpower East; Schreiber Foods; Efco LLC. Similar-scale Food peers outside Missouri: Armour Eckrich LLC; Elite Spice Inc.; Royal Canin USA Inc.; Blue Bell Creameries. Other Cargill Inc sites in this extract: Cargill Meat Solutions Corp; Cargill Corn Milling; Cargill Inc; Cargill Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Formaldehyde; Manganese compounds; Zinc compounds; Copper compounds.
Willow Brook Foods stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 4 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 2.6K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Armour Eckrich LLC and Elite Spice Inc..
Willow Brook Foods vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
2.6K lbs Top 48% higher than 52% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Willow Brook Foods: Formaldehyde-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Willow Brook Foods reports the 1,097th-largest volume (2.6K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Formaldehyde alone is 100% of the total. Carcinogen-classified chemicals make up 100% of the reported pounds, not just of the chemical count. Scale peers outside Missouri include Armour Eckrich LLC and Elite Spice Inc..
Concentrated means ≥60% of Willow Brook Foods's pounds in one chemical - here Formaldehyde at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Willow Brook Foods Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Willow Brook Foods releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 2.6K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 100% (1.6K lbs to 0 lbs).
Willow Brook Foods: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Willow Brook Foods year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 100% 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: Formaldehyde.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1.6K lbs | 4 |
| 2020 | 1.0K lbs | 4 |
| 2021 | 0 lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 0 lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 4 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Formaldehyde | 2.6K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Manganese compounds | 0 lbs | - |
| Zinc compounds | 0 lbs | - |
| Copper compounds | 0 lbs | - |
Willow Brook Foods · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Willow Brook Foods
Closest other reporters in Missouri - including George's Processing Inc of Missouri, Playpower East, Schreiber Foods, 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. Armour Eckrich LLC, Elite Spice Inc., Royal Canin USA Inc..
Compare beyond Missouri
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Willow Brook Foods on cumulative reported pounds (2.6K lbs) and distinct chemical count (4). Release-pound peers include Fxi Inc. - Archbald, Paperworks Industries Inc, Carpenter Co. Chemical-count peers include Hamilton Sundstrand de Puerto Rico Inc., Abb Installation Products Caribe LLC, Solenis LLC. 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).
- Hamilton Sundstrand de Puerto Rico Inc. Santa Isabel, PR · Transportation Equipment 4 chemicals
- Abb Installation Products Caribe LLC Vega Baja, PR · Electrical Equipment 4 chemicals
- Solenis LLC Chicopee, MA · Chemicals 4 chemicals
- Adhesive Applications Inc. - O'Neill St Easthampton Easthampton, MA · Miscellaneous Manufacturing 4 chemicals
Other Cargill Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Cargill Meat Solutions Corp, Cargill Corn Milling, Cargill Inc.
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 Formaldehyde, Manganese compounds, Zinc compounds, Copper compounds; nearby reporters include George's Processing Inc of Missouri. Willow Brook Foods stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY 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 Willow Brook Foods TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CARC-HEAVY · lead Formaldehyde) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Willow Brook Foods totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Purdy, MO, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311119 · Food. 0.3% of Barry TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Fxi Inc. - Archbald (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Willow Brook Foods stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Formaldehyde. 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