Recent Salmonella outbreaks associated with dry pet foods and treats highlight the importance of these foods as previously overlooked exposure vehicles for both pets and humans. In the last decade efforts have been made to raise the safety of this class of products, for instance by upgrading production equipment, cleaning […]
Veterinary vaccination pioneer dies
Inge Leonard has died at age 85. Born Inge Adele Zanger in Neandertal, Germany, Leonard’s first job was in the food industry in the microbiology side of quality control. In 1957, she travelled to Australia on a working holiday with then-husband. She found employument as a technician in a Randwick-based […]