EPA TRI Facility · Food
Jbs Souderton Inc-Beef Plant
Souderton, PA · Parent: Jbs USA Food Co
- Total releases
- 90.6K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Jbs Souderton Inc-Beef Plant: how the 94.2K lbs splits
94.2K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 83.0K lbs 88.0%
- Off-site Transfers 11.3K lbs 12.0%
Jbs Souderton Inc-Beef Plant's 94.2K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 88.0% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 12.0%. Leading chemical by pounds: Ammonia.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Jbs Souderton Inc-Beef Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Souderton, PA, in the food sector. It reported 3.6K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2024, and 90.6K lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 4,804 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Pennsylvania's 1,010 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Jbs Souderton Inc-Beef Plant is pounds #189 and chemical-count #583 at 90.6K lbs. Max Environmental -- Yukon Facility leads reported pounds (34.8M lbs) at 18 chemicals (chemical-count #24). Keystone Cement Co leads chemical count at 53 chemicals (155.4K lbs, pounds #149). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Jbs Souderton Inc - Rendering Div; Pecora Corp; Clemens Food Group (hatfield Facility); Penn Color Inc.. Similar-scale Food peers outside Pennsylvania: Lamb Weston Inc; Golden Grain; Hormel Foods Corp-Austin Plant; A. Zerega's Sons Inc.. Other Jbs USA Food Co sites in this extract: Jbs/swift Pork Co; Jbs Plainwell; Swift Pork; Pilgrim's Pride Enterprise Processing Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Peracetic acid.
Jbs Souderton Inc-Beef Plant stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (88.0% air releases) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 90.6K lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Lamb Weston Inc and Golden Grain.
Jbs Souderton Inc-Beef Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
91K lbs Top 18% higher than 82% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Jbs Souderton Inc-Beef Plant: Ammonia-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Jbs Souderton Inc-Beef Plant reports the 515th-largest volume (90.6K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ammonia alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Pennsylvania include Lamb Weston Inc and Golden Grain.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Jbs Souderton Inc-Beef Plant's pounds in one chemical - here Ammonia at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Jbs Souderton Inc-Beef Plant's total reported releases fell from 32.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 4.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Jbs Souderton Inc-Beef Plant's air releases fell from 29.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Jbs Souderton Inc-Beef Plant's off-site transfers rose from 2.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Jbs Souderton Inc-Beef Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Jbs Souderton Inc-Beef Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 94.2K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
Jbs Souderton Inc-Beef Plant: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Jbs Souderton Inc-Beef Plant year-over-year reported totals. 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 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 26.3K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 27.5K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 32.3K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 4.6K lbs | 2 |
| 2024 | 3.6K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 94.2K lbs | - |
| Peracetic acid | 0 lbs | - |
Jbs Souderton Inc-Beef Plant · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Jbs Souderton Inc-Beef Plant
Closest other reporters in Pennsylvania - including Jbs Souderton Inc - Rendering Div, Pecora Corp, Clemens Food Group (hatfield Facility), ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 1,009 other reporting facilities in Pennsylvania.
Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Pennsylvania - e.g. Lamb Weston Inc, Golden Grain, Hormel Foods Corp-Austin Plant.
Compare beyond Pennsylvania
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Jbs Souderton Inc-Beef Plant on cumulative reported pounds (90.6K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Allied Moulded Products Inc. - Plant 1, Pmc Organometallix Inc., Biewer Sawmill Winona Inc.. 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.
- Allied Moulded Products Inc. - Plant 1 Bryan, OH · Plastics and Rubber 90.6K lbs reported
- Pmc Organometallix Inc. Carrollton, KY · Chemicals 90.6K lbs reported
- Biewer Sawmill Winona Inc. Winona, MS · Wood Products 90.5K lbs reported
- Heritage-Crystal Clean LLC - Richmond Recycling Center Rockville, VA · Hazardous Waste 90.4K 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, Swift Pork.
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 Jbs Souderton Inc - Rendering Div. Jbs Souderton Inc-Beef Plant stamps LIGHT 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 Jbs Souderton Inc-Beef Plant TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Jbs Souderton Inc-Beef Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Souderton, PA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 311611 · Food. 1.8% of Montgomery TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Allied Moulded Products Inc. - Plant 1 (Δ 19 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Jbs Souderton Inc-Beef Plant stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Ammonia. 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