Carroll Cuisine has been given the green light to reopen the doors of its meat processing plant in Co Offaly after a recent cluster of COVID-19 cases.
The company says it will be resuming operations at the Tullamore plant in a phased basis over the coming week.
Nine employees at the facility had tested positive for the disease.
According to Carroll Cuisine, 210 out of its 330 staff were tested last weekend - with all results coming back negative.
It says the staff who weren't tested are either not based in Tullamore or haven't attended the site since restrictions began.
In a statement, the company said: "The Health Service Executive and the Health and Safety Authority have reviewed and approved the extensive measures we have in place to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
"They have confirmed to us that we have all necessary processes in place to allow for a reopening of our facility.
"This comes after we temporarily suspended our operations last Monday while we waited for the results of Coronavirus tests by the HSE. All of these tests came back negative."
The company said they will begin "carefully and gradually resuming operations" on a phased basis over the coming week.
Measures being implemented at the plant include staff being separated into production 'pods and teams'; staggered working hours; and regular deep cleaning of the facilities.
