EPA TRI Facility · Food
Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp
Cudahy, WI
- Total releases
- 13.9K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
MIXED Form-R mix
Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp: how the 13.9K lbs splits
13.9K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 8.2K lbs 58.6%
- Off-site Transfers 5.3K lbs 38.1%
- Land Disposal 457 lbs 3.3%
Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp's 13.9K lbs Form-R total is MIXED - air releases is 58.6% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 38.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Ammonia.
LIGHT volume MIXED pathway CLEAN
Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Cudahy, WI, in the food sector. It reported 8.2K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 13.9K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 9,067 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. Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp is pounds #360 and chemical-count #527 at 13.9K 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 rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Rexnord Industries LLC - Stearns Div; Ati Ladish Llc.; Lucas-Milhaupt; US Dod Usaf Gen Mitchell Ang Range. Similar-scale Food peers outside Wisconsin: Darling Ingredients Knoxville Facility; Cass Clay Creamery Inc; Unisea Inc.; Conagra Foods Packaged Foods LLC - Council Bluffs. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Sodium nitrite.
Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp is a LIGHT · MIXED-pathway Form-R site in Cudahy, WI: 13.9K lbs across 2 chemicals. No single media clears 70% of the bar (lead segment air releases at 58.6%). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Darling Ingredients Knoxville Facility and Cass Clay Creamery Inc.
Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
14K lbs Top 35% higher than 65% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp in the Food sector extract
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp reports the 881st-largest volume (13.9K lbs). Scale peers outside Wisconsin include Darling Ingredients Knoxville Facility and Cass Clay Creamery 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
- Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp's total reported releases rose from 985 lb in 2022 to 8.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp's air releases rose from 0 lb in 2022 to 8.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp's chemicals reported rose from 1 in 2022 to 2 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp's off-site transfers fell from 985 lb in 2022 to 40 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp Form-R facts
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2.0× more 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 Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 13.9K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 600% (1.2K lbs to 8.2K lbs).
Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · MIXED pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp year-over-year reported totals (increased by 600% 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 | 1.2K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 1.2K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 2.3K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 985 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 8.2K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 8.2K lbs | - |
| Sodium nitrite | 5.7K lbs | - |
Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp in Milwaukee
Nearest TRI Facilities to Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp
Closest other reporters in Wisconsin - including Rexnord Industries LLC - Stearns Div, Ati Ladish Llc., Lucas-Milhaupt, ordered by distance.
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Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Wisconsin - e.g. Darling Ingredients Knoxville Facility, Cass Clay Creamery Inc, Unisea Inc..
Compare beyond Wisconsin
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp on cumulative reported pounds (13.9K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Apex International, Kearny Generating Station, Darling Ingredients Knoxville Facility. 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.
- Apex International Chaska, MN · Chemicals 13.9K lbs reported
- Kearny Generating Station Kearny, NJ · Electric Utilities 13.9K lbs reported
- Darling Ingredients Knoxville Facility Strawberry Plains, TN · Food 13.9K lbs reported
- Southwest Ozona Gas Plant Ozona, TX · Natural Gas Processing 13.9K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
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, Sodium nitrite; nearby reporters include Rexnord Industries LLC - Stearns Div. Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp stamps LIGHT volume · MIXED 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 Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp TRI extract (LIGHT · MIXED · CLEAN · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Cudahy, WI, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311612 · Food. 0.1% of Milwaukee TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Apex International (Δ 8 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp stamps LIGHT · MIXED pathway (air releases leads at 58.6%). Pipeline-rendered EPA Form-R only - no editor-typed pounds. 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