domestic salt

The works were established by the Dairy and Domestic Salt Company, probably in 1892.

The total consumption of industrial and domestic salt in New Zealand in 1960 was about 61,000 tons.

Meat and domestic salt were relieved in 1647, and the taxation became definitely established under the administration of commissioners appointed for the purpose.

In 2005 Lake Grassmere provided about half of New Zealand's domestic salt requirements.

In Europe virtually all domestic salt is obtained by solution mining of underground salt formations although some is still obtained by the solar evaporation of sea water.

In Switzerland since 1962 two fluoridation programmes had operated in tandem: water fluoridation in the City of Basel, and salt fluoridation in the rest of Switzerland (around 83% of domestic salt sold had fluoride added).