Mark A Salter Australian Society for Microbiology Annual Scientific Meeting 2019

Mark A Salter

Dr Mark Salter is the Principal, Microbiology and Laboratory Oversight, at the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, a position he has held since early 2016. Dr Salter achieved a PhD from the University of Tasmania in food microbiology. He then worked for over ten years at Food Standards Australia New Zealand followed by almost ten years at Agriculture. During his career he has managed the review of Australian microbiological standards in food, participated in training initiatives in food regulation in South-East Asia, sat on the Australian delegation for several Codex Alimentarius Committees and managed the export of Australian meat and meat products to overseas markets. In his current role he is responsible for regulatory oversight of Australia’s meat export laboratories and managing the export meat industry performance monitoring system.