EPA TRI Facility · Food
Hillshire Brands Co
Haltom City, TX · Parent: Tyson Foods Inc
- Total releases
- 1.4K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2019
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Hillshire Brands Co: how the 1.4K lbs splits
1.4K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 1.1K lbs 78.6%
- Air Releases 300 lbs 21.4%
Hillshire Brands Co's 1.4K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 78.6% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 21.4%. Leading chemical by pounds: Ammonia.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Hillshire Brands Co is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Haltom City, TX, in the food sector. It reported 1.4K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2019. That ranks 13,347 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Texas's 2,016 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Hillshire Brands Co is pounds #1269 and chemical-count #1671 at 1.4K lbs. Ascend Performance Materials-Chocolate Bayou Plant leads reported pounds (94.0M lbs) at 36 chemicals (chemical-count #35). Veolia Es Technical Solutions LLC Port Arthur Facility leads chemical count at 246 chemicals (1.5M lbs, pounds #112). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Kps Global; Mica Steelworks-Haltom City; Shearers Food; Senergy Petroleum LLC - Fort Worth Bulk Plant. Similar-scale Food peers outside Texas: Ziegenfelder; Performix Nutrition Systems LLC; Nestle Purina Petcare; Silver Springs Citrus 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: Ammonia.
Hillshire Brands Co stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (78.6% off-site transfers) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 1.4K lbs (2019–2019). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Ziegenfelder and Performix Nutrition Systems LLC.
Hillshire Brands Co vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
1.4K lbs 49th percentile higher than 49% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Hillshire Brands Co: Ammonia-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Hillshire Brands Co reports the 1,149th-largest volume (1.4K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ammonia alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Texas include Ziegenfelder and Performix Nutrition Systems LLC.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Hillshire Brands Co's pounds in one chemical - here Ammonia at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Hillshire Brands Co Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Hillshire Brands Co releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 1.4K lbs.
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2019). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 1.4K lbs | - |
Hillshire Brands Co · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Hillshire Brands Co
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Kps Global, Mica Steelworks-Haltom City, Shearers Food, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 2,015 other reporting facilities in Texas.
Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Texas - e.g. Ziegenfelder, Performix Nutrition Systems LLC, Nestle Purina Petcare.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Hillshire Brands Co on cumulative reported pounds (1.4K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Roche Molecular Systems Inc, Excel Pattern & Tool LLC, Metallix Refining Inc.. 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.
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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 Ammonia; nearby reporters include Kps Global. Hillshire Brands Co stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE 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.
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This Hillshire Brands Co TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Hillshire Brands Co totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Haltom City, TX, latest year 2019. NAICS 311612 · Food. 0.0% of Tarrant TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Celestica LLC (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Hillshire Brands Co stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE 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