EPA TRI Facility · Food
Kerry Inc
Owen, WI · Parent: Kerry Inc
- Total releases
- 11.4K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Kerry Inc: how the 11.4K lbs splits
11.4K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 11.4K lbs 99.9%
- Air Releases 10 lbs 0.1%
Kerry Inc's 11.4K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.9% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitric acid.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Kerry Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Owen, WI, in the food sector. It reported 5 lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2023, and 11.4K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 9,543 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. Kerry Inc is pounds #379 and chemical-count #369 at 11.4K 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). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Henry G Meigs; Greenwood Milk Products; Colby Metal Inc; Grassland Dairy Products Inc. Similar-scale Food peers outside Wisconsin: Hiland Dairy Co; Tyson Fresh Meats Inc.; Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC DBA Purity Dairy; Smithfield Foods. Other Kerry Inc sites in this extract: Kerry Ingredients & Flavours Inc.; Kerry Inc.; Red Arrow Products Co LLC; Kerry Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitric acid; Peracetic acid; Certain glycol ethers.
Kerry Inc stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.9% off-site transfers) across 3 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 11.4K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Hiland Dairy Co and Tyson Fresh Meats Inc..
Kerry Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
11K lbs Top 37% higher than 63% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Kerry Inc: Nitric acid-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Kerry Inc reports the 920th-largest volume (11.4K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitric acid alone is 81.0% of the total. Scale peers outside Wisconsin include Hiland Dairy Co and Tyson Fresh Meats Inc..
Concentrated means ≥60% of Kerry Inc's pounds in one chemical - here Nitric acid at 81.0%. Not a toxicity score.
Kerry Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Kerry Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 11.4K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 100% (10.2K lbs to 5 lbs).
Kerry Inc: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Kerry Inc year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 100% 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: Nitric acid.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 10.2K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 1.1K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 57 lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 5 lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 5 lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitric acid | 9.2K lbs | - |
| Peracetic acid | 2.2K lbs | - |
| Certain glycol ethers | 11 lbs | - |
Kerry Inc · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Kerry Inc
Closest other reporters in Wisconsin - including Henry G Meigs, Greenwood Milk Products, Colby Metal Inc, ordered by distance.
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Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Wisconsin - e.g. Hiland Dairy Co, Tyson Fresh Meats Inc., Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC DBA Purity Dairy.
Compare beyond Wisconsin
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Kerry Inc on cumulative reported pounds (11.4K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Willow Creek Gas Plant, Irving Oil Terminals Inc., Lehigh Heavy Forge Corp. Chemical-count peers include Industrial C&s of Pr LLC Arecibo Plant, Island Litho Corp., Fenwal International Inc. 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.
- Willow Creek Gas Plant Rifle, CO · Natural Gas Processing 11.4K lbs reported
- Irving Oil Terminals Inc. Revere, MA · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 11.4K lbs reported
- Lehigh Heavy Forge Corp Bethlehem, PA · Fabricated Metals 11.4K lbs reported
- Saint Gobain Solar Gard LLC San Diego, CA · Plastics and Rubber 11.4K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Kerry Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Kerry Ingredients & Flavours Inc., Kerry Inc., Red Arrow Products Co LLC.
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 Nitric acid, Peracetic acid, Certain glycol ethers; nearby reporters include Henry G Meigs. Kerry Inc 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.
Use and verify this record
This Kerry Inc TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Nitric acid) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Kerry Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Owen, WI, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311513 · Food. 0.6% of Clark TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Willow Creek Gas Plant (Δ 6 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Kerry Inc stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Nitric acid. 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