Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORP SANFORD FACILITY
484 ZIMMERMAN RD, SANFORD, NC, 27330
Parent company: JBS USA FOOD CO
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 | Peracetic acid | Hydrogen sulfide | Chlorine | Total (lbs) |
| 2024 | 296,722 | 10,331 | 6,952 | 470 | — | 314,475 |
| 2023 | 471,042 | 6,652 | 5,507 | 459 | — | 483,660 |
| 2022 | 481,996 | 1,996 | 6,635 | 524 | — | 491,151 |
| 2021 | 601,453 | 6,890 | 4,674 | 544 | 405 | 613,966 |
| 2020 | 703,913 | 7,462 | — | 475 | 585 | 712,436 |
| 2019 | 583,307 | 8,476 | — | 1,302 | — | 593,085 |
| 2018 | 780,277 | 2,688 | — | 1,545 | — | 784,510 |
| 2017 | 772,389 | 3,505 | — | 1,303 | — | 777,197 |
| 2016 | 807,359 | 8,943 | — | 1,137 | — | 817,439 |
| 2015 | 76,351 | 10,069 | — | 807 | — | 87,227 |
| 2014 | 629,102 | 5,000 | — | — | — | 634,102 |
| 2013 | 981,423 | 13,121 | — | — | — | 994,544 |
| 2012 | 1,229,082 | 4,396 | — | — | — | 1,233,478 |
| 2011 | 965,370 | 5,004 | — | — | 67 | 970,441 |
| 2010 | 1,000,447 | 18,624 | — | — | 71 | 1,019,142 |
| 2009 | 843,271 | 8,305 | — | — | 69 | 851,645 |
| 2008 | 850,628 | 3,936 | — | — | 60 | 854,624 |
| 2007 | 820,084 | 10,088 | — | — | 194 | 830,366 |
| 2006 | 956,581 | 5,411 | — | — | 185 | 962,177 |
| 2005 | 953,865 | 13,994 | — | — | 186 | 968,045 |
| 2004 | 869,510 | 13,606 | — | — | 192 | 883,308 |
| 2003 | 738,058 | 11,542 | — | — | 130 | 749,730 |
| 2002 | 634,989 | 7,981 | — | — | 114 | 643,084 |
| 2001 | 446,776 | 11,064 | — | — | — | 457,840 |
| 2000 | 503,100 | 12,431 | — | — | 170 | 515,701 |
| 1999 | 30,100 | — | — | — | 190 | 30,290 |
| 1998 | 72,000 | — | — | — | — | 72,000 |
| 1997 | 45,200 | 12,590 | — | — | — | 57,790 |
| 1996 | 49,000 | 26,530 | — | — | — | 75,530 |
| 1995 | 37,000 | 16,850 | — | — | — | 53,850 |
| 1994 | — | 11,274 | — | — | — | 11,274 |
| 1993 | — | 10,036 | — | — | — | 10,036 |
| 1992 | — | 26,900 | — | — | — | 26,900 |
| 1991 | — | 19,550 | — | — | — | 19,550 |
▎ 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.