EPA TRI Facility · Food
Riviana Foods Inc.
Freeport, TX · Parent: Riviana Foods Inc
- Total releases
- 217.6K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Riviana Foods Inc.: how the 217.6K lbs splits
217.6K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 217.6K lbs 100.0%
Riviana Foods Inc.'s 217.6K 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: Sulfuryl fluoride.
MID volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Riviana Foods Inc. is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Freeport, TX, in the food sector. It reported 84.4K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 217.6K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 3,103 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. Riviana Foods Inc. is pounds #328 and chemical-count #1165 at 217.6K 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). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Phillips 66 Co Freeport I Terminal; Gladieux Metals Recycling LLC; Chemical Specialties Inc; Huntsman Ethyleneamines Plant. Similar-scale Food peers outside Texas: Jbs USA Food Co; Tyson Poultry Inc. River Valley Ingredients Cumming; Michigan Milk Producers Assoc; Hearthside Food Solutions. Other Riviana Foods Inc sites in this extract: Riviana Foods; Riviana Foods - Brinkley. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Sulfuryl fluoride; Aluminum phosphide.
Riviana Foods Inc. stamps MID volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 217.6K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Jbs USA Food Co and Tyson Poultry Inc. River Valley Ingredients Cumming.
Riviana Foods Inc. vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
218K lbs Top 12% higher than 88% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Riviana Foods Inc.: Sulfuryl fluoride-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Riviana Foods Inc. reports the 352nd-largest volume, placing it in the top 17.8% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Sulfuryl fluoride alone is 71.4% of the total. Scale peers outside Texas include Jbs USA Food Co and Tyson Poultry Inc. River Valley Ingredients Cumming.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Riviana Foods Inc.'s pounds in one chemical - here Sulfuryl fluoride at 71.4%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Riviana Foods Inc.'s total reported releases rose from 43.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 84.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Riviana Foods Inc.'s air releases rose from 43.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 84.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Riviana Foods Inc. Form-R facts
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82% less than the comparison
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 Riviana Foods Inc. releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 217.6K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 260% (23.4K lbs to 84.4K lbs).
Riviana Foods Inc.: 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 Inc. year-over-year reported totals (increased by 260% 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 | 23.4K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 22.8K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 44.0K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 43.0K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 84.4K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Sulfuryl fluoride | 155.3K lbs | - |
| Aluminum phosphide | 62.3K lbs | - |
Riviana Foods Inc. · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Riviana Foods Inc.
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Phillips 66 Co Freeport I Terminal, Gladieux Metals Recycling LLC, Chemical Specialties Inc, 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. Jbs USA Food Co, Tyson Poultry Inc. River Valley Ingredients Cumming, Michigan Milk Producers Assoc.
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Riviana Foods Inc. on cumulative reported pounds (217.6K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Hebron Brick Co, Elkhart Products Corp, Jbs USA Food Co. 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.
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, 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, Aluminum phosphide; nearby reporters include Phillips 66 Co Freeport I Terminal. Riviana Foods Inc. 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 Inc. 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 Inc. totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Freeport, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311212 · Food. 0.2% of Brazoria TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Hebron Brick Co (Δ 25 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Riviana Foods Inc. 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