EPA TRI Facility · Food
Chr. Hansen Inc.
Windsor, WI · Parent: Chr Hansen Inc
- Total releases
- 923 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Chr. Hansen Inc.: how the 923 lbs splits
923 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 923 lbs 100.0%
Chr. Hansen Inc.'s 923 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: Ammonia.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Chr. Hansen Inc. is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Windsor, WI, in the food sector. It reported 115 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 923 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 13,976 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Wisconsin's 836 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Chr. Hansen Inc. is pounds #550 and chemical-count #577 at 923 lbs. Mullins Cheese Inc leads reported pounds (11.2M lbs) at 3 chemicals (chemical-count #319). Ppg Industries Inc-Oak Creek leads chemical count at 32 chemicals (2.2M lbs, pounds #16). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Holcim Solutions & Products (us) LLC; Reg Madison LLC; Franklin Electric Fueling Systems; American Packaging Corp Site. Similar-scale Food peers outside Wisconsin: New Cooperative Inc. - Afton; Kent Nutrition Group Inc; Nortera Foods Inc; Land O'Frost Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Nitric acid.
Chr. Hansen Inc. stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 923 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include New Cooperative Inc. - Afton and Kent Nutrition Group Inc.
Chr. Hansen Inc. vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
923 lbs 46th percentile higher than 46% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Chr. Hansen Inc. in the Food sector extract
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Chr. Hansen Inc. reports the 1,180th-largest volume (923 lbs). Scale peers outside Wisconsin include New Cooperative Inc. - Afton and Kent Nutrition Group Inc.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Chr. Hansen Inc.'s total reported releases fell from 181 lb in 2022 to 115 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Chr. Hansen Inc.'s chemicals reported fell from 2 in 2022 to 1 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Chr. Hansen Inc.'s air releases fell from 181 lb in 2022 to 115 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Chr. Hansen Inc. Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Chr. Hansen Inc. releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 923 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 45% (209 lbs to 115 lbs).
Chr. Hansen Inc.: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Chr. Hansen Inc. year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 45% 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: Ammonia.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 209 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 209 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 209 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 181 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 115 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 923 lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 0 lbs | - |
Chr. Hansen Inc. · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Chr. Hansen Inc.
Closest other reporters in Wisconsin - including Holcim Solutions & Products (us) LLC, Reg Madison LLC, Franklin Electric Fueling Systems, ordered by distance.
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Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Wisconsin - e.g. New Cooperative Inc. - Afton, Kent Nutrition Group Inc, Nortera Foods 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 Ammonia, Nitric acid; nearby reporters include Holcim Solutions & Products (us) LLC. Chr. Hansen Inc. stamps TRACE 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.
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This Chr. Hansen Inc. TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CLEAN · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Chr. Hansen Inc. totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Windsor, WI, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311999 · Food. 0.1% of Dane TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc Plant 26 (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Chr. Hansen Inc. stamps TRACE 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