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AP 42, Fifth Edition, Volume I,
Chapter 9 Food Processing Industries

AP-42 contains emission factors and process information for more than 200 air pollution source categories. The emission factors have been developed and compiled from source test data, material balance studies, and engineering estimates. The Fifth Edition of AP-42 was published in January 1995. Since then EPA has published supplements and updates.

Chapter 9 covers agricultural and food processing categories. This information can be used to identify potential sources of air pollution and help calculate the potential to emit air pollutants.

Listed below are selected sections of AP-42 Chapter 9 that relate to food processing (the entire AP-42 document is accessible under More Information, at the bottom of this web page). For each of these food processing activities, pollutant emission factors are presented where data are available. The primary pollutants emitted by these processes are total organic compounds and particulate.

9.5

Animal & Meat Products Preparation

9.5.1

Meat Packing Plants

Final Section - Supplement C, June 1997 (PDF 41K)
Background Document - June 1997 (PDF 1M)

9.5.2

Meat Smokehouses

Final Section - Supplement A, September 1995 (PDF 134K)
Background Document (PDF 193K)

9.5.3

Meat Rendering Plants

Final Section - Supplement A, September 1995 (PDF 92K)
Background Document (PDF 101K)

9.5.4

Manure Processing

EPA has not published information for this topic.

9.5.5

Poultry Slaughtering

EPA has not published information for this topic.

9.6

Dairy Products

EPA has not published information for this topic.

9.6.1

Natural and Processed Cheese

Final Section - Supplement C, August 1997 (PDF 35K)
Background Document (PDF 101K)

9.7

Cotton Ginning

Final Section - Supplement B, June 1996 (PDF 101K)
Background Document (PDF 139K)

9.8

Preserved Fruits and Vegetables

9.8.1

Canned Fruits and Vegetables

Final Section - Supplement A, August 1995 (PDF 94K)
Background Document (PDF 96K)

9.8.2

Dehydrated Fruits and Vegetables

Final Section - Supplement A, September 1995 (PDF 22K)
Background Document (PDF 65K)

9.8.3

Pickles, Sauces and Salad Dressings

Final Section - Supplement A, August 1995 (PDF 18K)
Background Document (PDF 94K)

9.9

Grain Processing

9.9.1

Grain Elevators & Processes

Final Section - Update 2003, May 2003 (PDF 530K)
Background Document (PDF 10M)
Related Information

9.9.2

Cereal Breakfast Food

Final Section - Supplement A, August 1995 (PDF 64K)
Background Document (PDF 175K)

9.9.3

Pet Food

EPA has not published information for this topic.

9.9.4

Alfalfa Dehydrating

Final Section - Supplement B, September 1996 (PDF 73K)

9.9.5

Pasta Manufacturing

Final Section - Supplement A, August 1995 (PDF 14K)
Background Document (PDF 44K)

9.9.6

Bread Baking

Final Section - Supplement C, February 1997 (PDF 5K)
Related Information

9.9.7

Corn Wet Milling

Final Section - January 1995 (PDF 99K)
Background Document (PDF 1.9M)

9.10

Confectionary Products

9.10.1

Sugar Processing

9.10.1.1

Cane Sugar Processing

Final Section - Supplement C, June 1997 (PDF 297K)
Background Document (PDF 395K)

9.10.1.2

Sugar Beet Processing

Final Section - Supplement C, June 1997 (PDF 79K)
Background Document (PDF 1.5M)

9.10.2

Salted & Roasted Nuts & Seeds (Introduction) (PDF 1.3M)

9.10.2.1

Almond Processing

Final Section - January 1995 (PDF 31K)

9.10.2.2

Peanut Processing

Final Section - January 1995 (PDF 34K)

9.11.1

Vegetable Oil Processing

Final Section - Supplement A, November 1995 (PDF 49K)
Background Document (PDF 340K)

9.12

Beverages

9.12.1

Malt Beverages

Final Section - Supplement B, October 1996 (PDF 290K)
Background Document (PDF 366K)

9.12.2

Wines and Brandy

Final Section - Supplement A, October 1995 (PDF 78K)
Background Document (PDF 158K)

9.12.3

Distilled Spirits

Final Section - Supplement C, April 1997 (PDF 31K)
Background Document (PDF 90K)

9.13

Miscellaneous Food & Kindred Products

9.13.1

Fish Processing

Final Section - January 1995 (PDF 44K)
Background Document - March 1994 (PDF 740K)

9.13.2

Coffee Roasting

Final Section - Supplement A, September 1995 (PDF 135K)
Background Document (PDF 92K)

9.13.3

Snack Chip Deep Fat Frying

Final Section - January 1995 (PDF 26K)
Background Document - August 1994 (PDF 4M)

9.13.4

Yeast Production

Final Section - January 1995 (PDF 30K)
Background Document (PDF 85K)

9.14

Tobacco Products

EPA has not published information for this topic.

More Information

AP 42, Fifth Edition Compilation of Air Pollutant Emission Factors, Volume 1: Stationary Point and Area Sources. This version of AP-42 is maintained on the EPA website.

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