Howard Rees obituary

My former colleague Howard Rees, who has died aged 89, was the chief veterinary officer who dealt with the problem of salmonella in eggs in the 1980s and introduced the measures that eventually saw off the problem ofBSE in cattle. He was widely regarded as the most able veterinary public servant of his generation.On retirement in 1988 he became president of the World Organisation for Animal Health ’s animal health code commission in Paris and under his presidency the commission drafted complex and contentious guidelines that dealt with the international trade in livestock in the context of BSE. He held the post for nine years and was awarded the organisation’s gold medal in 1994.Continue reading...
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