EPA TRI Facility · Food
Riviana Foods
Memphis, TN · Parent: Riviana Foods Inc
- Total releases
- 164.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Riviana Foods: how the 164.0K lbs splits
164.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 164.0K lbs 100.0%
Riviana Foods's 164.0K 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: Sulfuryl fluoride.
MID volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Riviana Foods is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Memphis, TN, in the food sector. It reported 78.7K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 164.0K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 3,580 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Tennessee's 595 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Riviana Foods is pounds #117 and chemical-count #453 at 164.0K lbs. Nyrstar Clarksville Inc leads reported pounds (72.9M lbs) at 13 chemicals (chemical-count #31). Tradebe Treatment & Recycling of Tn leads chemical count at 75 chemicals (6.3M lbs, pounds #13). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Sherwin-Williams Co; Riviana Foods Inc; Sterilization Services of Tennessee; Drexel Chemical Co. Similar-scale Food peers outside Tennessee: Tyson Fresh Meats Inc; Omega Protein-Abbeville Plant; Commonwealth Dairy LLC; Cargill Inc. Other Riviana Foods Inc sites in this extract: Riviana Foods Inc.; Riviana Foods - Brinkley. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Sulfuryl fluoride.
Riviana Foods stamps MID volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 164.0K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Tyson Fresh Meats Inc and Omega Protein-Abbeville Plant.
Riviana Foods vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
164K lbs Top 14% higher than 86% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Riviana Foods: Sulfuryl fluoride-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Riviana Foods reports the 401st-largest volume, placing it in the top 20.3% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Sulfuryl fluoride alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Tennessee include Tyson Fresh Meats Inc and Omega Protein-Abbeville Plant.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Riviana Foods's pounds in one chemical - here Sulfuryl fluoride at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Riviana Foods's total reported releases rose from 20.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 78.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Riviana Foods's air releases rose from 20.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 78.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Riviana Foods Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Riviana Foods releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 164.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 267% (21.4K lbs to 78.7K lbs).
Riviana Foods: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Riviana Foods year-over-year reported totals (increased by 267% 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: Sulfuryl fluoride.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 21.4K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 21.8K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 21.8K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 20.3K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 78.7K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Sulfuryl fluoride | 164.0K lbs | - |
Riviana Foods · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Riviana Foods
Closest other reporters in Tennessee - including Sherwin-Williams Co, Riviana Foods Inc, Sterilization Services of Tennessee, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 594 other reporting facilities in Tennessee.
Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Tennessee - e.g. Tyson Fresh Meats Inc, Omega Protein-Abbeville Plant, Commonwealth Dairy LLC.
Compare beyond Tennessee
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Riviana Foods on cumulative reported pounds (164.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Orion Engineered Carbons Belpre, Tyson Fresh Meats Inc, Tri-State Generation & Transmission - Escalante Station. Chemical-count peers include Ecoelectrica LP, Planta Penuelas, Tallaboa Puerto Rico 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.
- Orion Engineered Carbons Belpre Belpre, OH · Chemicals 163.9K lbs reported
- Tyson Fresh Meats Inc Storm Lake, IA · Food 163.8K lbs reported
- Tri-State Generation & Transmission - Escalante Station Prewitt, NM · Electric Utilities 163.8K lbs reported
- Crown Equipment Corp New Bremen, OH · Machinery 164.2K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Riviana Foods Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Riviana Foods Inc., Riviana Foods - Brinkley.
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 Sulfuryl fluoride; nearby reporters include Sherwin-Williams Co. Riviana Foods stamps MID 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 Riviana Foods TRI extract (MID · AIR · CLEAN · lead Sulfuryl fluoride) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Riviana Foods totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Memphis, TN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311212 · Food. 0.9% of Shelby TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Orion Engineered Carbons Belpre (Δ 123 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Riviana Foods stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Sulfuryl fluoride. 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