Why did you grab salt in 2003?

The salt grab in 2003 was because during the SARS period, unscrupulous traders spread rumors, which led to a large number of people snapping up salt.

In 2003, during the SARS period, unscrupulous traders used the topic of SARS to deliberately speculate that iodized salt could prevent epidemic diseases, which led people to listen to rumors because they didn't know the truth. So there are jokes about "buying things as a grocery store" and "grabbing salt as a small salt merchant". Everyone was scrambling for salt overnight, and the price of salt, which was originally very cheap, has increased by more than ten times. Sudden business opportunities have made some salt-related businessmen rich.

China is rich in salt resources. Besides Chaka Salt Lake, there are many salt mines and salt lakes in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Hubei. These salt resources are not only large in reserves, but also excellent in quality, which can meet the needs of different industries. Moreover, our country has strict food safety regulations, and the domestic salt production also meets the demand, so there is no need to grab salt.

Harm of salt storage behavior

1, waste of resources: hoarding salt will lead to unnecessary waste of resources, because a large number of hoarded salt may not be fully utilized, expired or deteriorated.

2. Social panic: hoarding salt will cause social panic. When people see others hoarding daily necessities, they will have panic, which will lead to similar snapping behaviors and aggravate market tension.

3. Food waste: excessive hoarding may lead to food waste, especially the expired or deteriorated edible salt, which not only causes economic waste, but also increases the environmental burden.