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Food & drink manufacturing noise at work assessments

Bottling and canning halls, packing lines and refrigeration plant run a constant wall of noise. We measure what your line operators and packers are really exposed to and keep it compliant under a fixed-price 4-Year Care Plan.

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A quick look at where the noise comes from on this kind of floor, and how a Care Plan assessment measures it.

Typical daily exposure · food & drink
84–95 dB(A)
Bottling and canning lines, depalletisers and CIP pumps put packing halls in the 85–90 dB(A) band for whole shifts, with glass and can handling adding sharp peaks. That's protection zones, health surveillance and a documented assessment — a measurement confirms your line's figure.

Typical noise sources in food & drink

Bottling / canning line~90 dB(A)
Depalletiser / palletiser~88 dB(A)
Blast freezer & refrigeration~85 dB(A)
CIP & process pumps~86 dB(A)
Filling & capping~88 dB(A) + peaks
Packing & shrink-wrap~85 dB(A)

Typical published/measured figures for the equipment itself — your own exposure depends on time-at-task, layout and controls. Only a measurement confirms your figure.

15+
years measuring noise at work
250+
assessments of food & drink production sites
4 yrs
at one fixed price — no uplift

Common questions

It's a wet, wash-down environment — is that a problem?

No — we work around hygiene and wash-down routines and measure the line as it runs in production.

Do you measure per line or the whole hall?

Both — by area and by role, so a loud filling line is captured separately from the quieter end of the hall.

Can you fit around production windows?

Yes — we measure during normal running, on whatever shift the loud work happens.

What does it cost?

From £895 + VAT per year, fixed for four years. The 60-second check gives an instant guide.

Other sectors we assess

Not sure where your site stands?

Take the free 60-second check, or talk to us about the 4-Year Care Plan — from £895 + VAT a year, 25% off your first assessment.

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