A MEASURE already ratified by both houses of Congress seeks to make the country self-sufficient in salt.

Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan said the Philippine Salt Industry Development Act would establish a five-year road map aimed at revitalizing and modernizing the dying salt industry in the country. The Philippines currently imports 93 percent of its salt requirements.

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