TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan: The National Nutrition Council (NNC) here has established “Bantay Asin” checkpoints in Cagayan Valley and Nueva Vizcaya provinces as it urged all salt traders to comply with the salt iodization law for the protection against malnutrition.

Rhodora Maestre, NNC program coordinator, said the checkpoints were set in Santa Fe town, Nueva Vizcaya in the south and Santa Praxedes town, Cagayan in the north to check whether salt traders are following the mandatory salt iodization in their products.

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