Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
SMITHFIELD FRESH MEATS CORP SMITHFIELD, VA FACILITY
601 N CHURCH ST, SMITHFIELD, VA, 23430
Parent company: UNITED GLOBAL FOODS US HOLDINGS INC
Carcinogen
PBT
— EPA classifications across all reporting years
Top chemical totals
The 10 chemicals with the highest cumulative on-site releases in pounds (lbs) across all available years.
Full release table
Rows are years. Columns show the five highest-total chemicals across all years plus each year's total release volume.
| All values in pounds (lbs) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | Ammonia | Hydrogen sulfide | Chlorine | Polycyclic aromatic compounds | Total (lbs) |
| 2024 | 750 | — | 11,957 | — | — | 12,707 |
| 2023 | 70 | — | 11,657 | — | — | 11,727 |
| 2022 | 107 | — | 11,530 | — | — | 11,637 |
| 2021 | 375 | 19,526 | 28,775 | — | — | 48,676 |
| 2020 | 689 | 15,892 | 39,183 | — | — | 55,764 |
| 2019 | 361 | 24,449 | 27,497 | — | — | 52,307 |
| 2018 | 750 | 12,608 | 136,067 | — | — | 149,425 |
| 2017 | — | 76,151 | 134,830 | — | — | 210,981 |
| 2016 | — | 39,530 | 43,304 | — | — | 82,834 |
| 2015 | 13,658 | 22,023 | 39,645 | — | — | 75,326 |
| 2014 | — | 23,104 | 34,249 | — | — | 57,353 |
| 2013 | — | 7,148 | 33,586 | — | — | 40,734 |
| 2012 | — | — | 35,811 | — | — | 35,811 |
| 2011 | — | 24,347 | — | — | — | 24,347 |
| 2010 | 633 | 33,484 | — | — | — | 34,117 |
| 2009 | 857 | 16,707 | — | — | — | 17,564 |
| 2008 | 671 | 48,339 | — | — | — | 49,010 |
| 2007 | 430 | 28,387 | — | — | — | 28,817 |
| 2006 | 1,002 | 15,463 | — | — | — | 16,465 |
| 2005 | 815 | 6,005 | — | 10,050 | 871 | 17,741 |
| 2004 | 879 | 70,314 | — | 682 | — | 71,894 |
| 2003 | 838 | 165,748 | — | 682 | — | 167,268 |
| 2002 | 430 | 133,517 | — | 1,170 | — | 135,117 |
| 2001 | 521 | 22,410 | — | 1,156 | — | 24,087 |
| 2000 | 768 | 45,549 | — | 1,208 | — | 47,525 |
| 1999 | — | 19,749 | — | — | — | 19,749 |
| 1998 | — | 20,940 | — | — | — | 20,940 |
| 1997 | 1,060,050 | 46,439 | — | 3,903 | — | 1,110,392 |
| 1996 | 2,783,400 | 64,278 | — | 12,833 | — | 2,860,511 |
| 1995 | 3,926,714 | 25,429 | — | 18,763 | — | 3,970,906 |
| 1994 | — | 40,411 | — | — | — | 40,411 |
| 1993 | — | 42,300 | — | — | — | 42,300 |
| 1992 | — | 39,450 | — | — | — | 39,450 |
| 1991 | — | 36,800 | — | — | — | 36,800 |
| 1990 | — | 12,613 | — | — | — | 12,613 |
| 1989 | — | 16,428 | — | — | — | 16,428 |
| 1988 | — | 28,666 | — | — | — | 28,666 |
| 1987 | — | — | — | 80,000 | — | 80,000 |
▎ Facilities report to EPA's TRI once they manufacture, process, or use a listed chemical above set thresholds. Once that threshold is crossed, they must report actual releases regardless of size — so a small number reflects genuine low-level discharge, not a data error.