The union representing 6,000 meat industry workers says there needs to be a national testing programme put in place for the industry.
This comes after a number of outbreaks at processing plants in Kildare, Laois and Offaly - which have been linked to over 300 cases.
A fourth meat factory, Carroll Cusine, today announced it was suspending production at its facility in Tullamore in Co Offaly.
SIPTU held a two-hour meeting with Meat Industry Ireland today, where a commitment to rapid testing of workers was agreed. Inspections was one of the biggest issues that they discussed seeing as only 33 have been carried out at meat plants between the middle of May and end of July, according to the Health and Safety Authority.
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