It has emerged the tests will only be offered to companies with more than 50 employees
The government has urged food and drink companies to sign up to to its mass Covid testing programme, saying it is vital in order to allow the UK’s food supply to “keep running” amid the pandemic.
A letter from Defra, seen by The Grocer, calls on companies to come forward to receive hundreds of thousands of free testing kits for staff, in a programme that will run until the end of March.
Major food companies including Moy Park and Primula were revealed to have already signed up, although it also emerged the tests will not be offered to any companies with less than 50 employees.
MIL-OSI United Kingdom: More employers sign up to rapid testing to protect workforce foreignaffairs.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from foreignaffairs.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.