Total reported releases 102k lb more than tripled year over year (+392%). Total releases concentrations have more than doubled since 2011.
851 SAUK RIVER RD, Cold Spring, Minnesota · 311615 · Food · operated by Jbs USA Food Co
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) releases at Pilgrim'S Cold Springs Processing Plant rose from 15k lb to 90k lb (5.8×) between 2023 and 2024.
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) concentrations have more than doubled since 2011.
Ammonia concentrations are up 31% since 2011.
Peracetic acid concentrations are up 35% since 2021.
Within 3 miles of this facility (4 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 7,143. Why we surface this →
Low-income
People of color
Under age 5
Over age 64
Source: Census ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics, population-weighted across the 3-mile buffer around this facility (from USEPA-clone/EJAM-open blockgroupstats). Indicator-level percentile and EJ-disparity scores are surfaced on the county page and the state page — they describe wider regional exposure burdens, not effects attributable to a single facility.
Source. EPA Toxics Release Inventory · retrieved 2026-05-07. Reporting year 2024. TRI is a federal public-domain dataset under 17 USC §105.
What this is not. TRI quantifies releases reported by the facility under EPCRA §313 — not ambient air or water concentrations measured at receptors. We do not attribute individual health outcomes to specific facilities; that exceeds what the data can support.