The food industry uses salt in many forms. Meat packers use it for curing hams and bacon. Salt has always been an important element in the fishing industry and remains so today. It is used in packing fish because it prevents the development of bacteria. For the prevention of heat exhaustion, salt tablets are given to people who work in high-temperature locations and to athletes to restore the body salt lost in perspiration.
Salt is also a very important element in animals' diets.
It is given to livestock in the form of salt licks or is mixed with their food. For the prevention of heat exhaustion, salt tablets are given to people who work in high-temperature locations and to athletes to restore the body salt lost in perspiration. Salt is also a very important element in animals' diets. It is given to livestock in the form of salt licks or is mixed with their food. It is estimated that Canada has more than one million billion tonnes of salt, or halite, as it is called in geological terms, in three major rock formations.