Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
PILGRIM'S PRIDE COMPLEX CANTON
654 UNIVETER RD, CANTON, GA, 30115
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 | Sodium hydroxide (solution) | Chlorine | Peracetic acid | Total (lbs) |
| 2024 | — | — | — | — | 3,397 | 3,397 |
| 2023 | — | — | — | — | 2,497 | 2,497 |
| 2022 | — | — | — | — | 2,880 | 2,880 |
| 2021 | — | — | — | — | 2,761 | 2,761 |
| 2005 | 76,887 | — | — | — | — | 76,887 |
| 2004 | 168,730 | — | — | — | — | 168,730 |
| 2003 | 211,068 | — | — | — | — | 211,068 |
| 2002 | 241,154 | — | — | — | — | 241,154 |
| 2001 | 54,598 | — | — | — | — | 54,598 |
| 2000 | 53,453 | — | — | — | — | 53,453 |
| 1999 | 63,169 | — | — | — | — | 63,169 |
| 1998 | — | 3,607 | — | 3,310 | — | 6,917 |
| 1997 | — | 4,238 | — | 2,881 | — | 7,119 |
| 1996 | — | 11,256 | — | 15,700 | — | 26,956 |
| 1995 | — | 6,700 | — | 750 | — | 8,200 |
| 1994 | — | — | — | 750 | — | 1,500 |
| 1993 | — | 29,528 | — | — | — | 29,528 |
| 1992 | — | 19,237 | — | — | — | 19,237 |
| 1991 | — | 41,737 | — | — | — | 41,737 |
| 1990 | — | 32,900 | — | — | — | 32,900 |
| 1989 | — | 29,400 | — | — | — | 29,400 |
| 1987 | — | — | 50,000 | — | — | 50,000 |
▎ 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.