“This bill is a product of numerous consultations with… salt producers and representatives from government agencies,” Kabayan Party-list Representative Ron P. Salo, the author of the bill, said at the committee meeting.
“ the government to invest in the identification and construction of salt farms for lease to qualified salt farmers, whether individuals, cooperatives, or corporations,” he added. “We would like to see that not only we are able to produce our salt requirement but that we are also able to export it,” he said. “Maybe include the implementation of an export development council for representation .”lagged a possible conflict with Republic Act 8172 or an Act for Salt Iodization Nationwide and raised the need to harmonize the two measures.