Terms and Conditions

IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE USE OF THIS WEBSITE IS SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE SET OUT BELOW.

BY USING THIS WEBSITE THE USER AGREES AND IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO OBSERVE ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE, INCLUDING ANY PRIVACY OR OTHER POLICIES WHICH MAY APPEAR ELSEWHERE ON THIS WEBSITE.

IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS THEN FURTHER USE OF THE WEBSITE IS PROHIBITED.

1.1 “Click Fraud” means a natural person, an automated script, or computer program clicking or selecting a hyperlink in an advertisement in a Website in order to imitate a legitimate user of a web browser clicking on an advertisement, for the purpose of generating a charge per click, without having an actual interest in the target of the advertisement’s hyperlink.
1.2 “Consumer” means any natural person (not a limited company, close corporation, trust etc) who enters or intends entering into an electronic transaction with this site as the end-user of the goods or services offered by this site
1.3 “Data Message” has the meaning stipulated in the ECT Act and includes email;
1.4 “ECT Act” means the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act no. 25 of 2002 as amended from time to time.
1.5 “FTB” and/or “we” means FTB and The Foodtech Bridge Ltd, a limited liability public company duly incorporated in the United Kingdom under registration number 11996782 and whose further details are set out in clause 8.
1.6 “Subscribers” means those natural or juristic persons who have entered into an agreement to subscribe to specific services offered by FTB on this Website and other websites of the various brands owned by FTB
1.7 “User” and/or “you” means any natural person accessing any part of this Website.
1.8 “Website” means www.foodtechbridge.com and www.sipswithbites and all subsidiary pages thereof but specifically excluding links to external sites operated by third parties.

2.1 The Foodtech Bridge services comprise a total of three websites, comprising of information, content and licensed images, which includes but is not limited to free and subscription-based newsletters, possibly advertising services as well as domestic and international news provided by FTB and third parties.
2.2 Access to certain pages of and information contained on this Website may eventually be restricted to Subscribers only.
2.3 Use of this Website is strictly at the sole risk of the User.
2.4 Any and all illegal, unlawful or fraudulent conduct, including Click Fraud, directed towards this Website or any of the services offered through it is strictly prohibited.
2.5 In order to use the Website effectively, you must as a minimum ensure that you have the hardware and software recommended by FTB for optimal functioning of and compatibility with the Website. You acknowledge that FTB does not deal in or sell any computer hardware, software or any other form of equipment required for the use of the Website, but merely provides you with the minimum suggested computer system requirements and specifications for the proper operation of the Website. The User will at all times be responsible for the purchase and installation of any computer hardware, software or other components or systems that may be required for the use of the Website.

3.1 FTB expressly reserves the right in its sole discretion to effect any amendment or alteration to the content and information, including pricing and rates provided by the automated quotation system set out in their Websites.
3.2 Users acknowledge that it is their responsibility to familiarise themselves with any amendment or alteration effected to the Website.

4.1 Please submit any query in respect of these Terms & Conditions or the use of this Website to us in any of the following ways:

Website owner: The FoodTech Bridge Ltd

Registered Number: 11996782

VAT Number: 391227007

E-mail: info@foodtechbridge.com

Websites: www.foodtechbridge.com www.sipswithbites.com

Registered Address:
Eagle House
163 City Road
London
EC1 1 NR

The content of the Website does not constitute any offer to Users for a Subscription. Rather, the content must be construed as an invitation to do business and obtain a Subscription.

6.1 THIS ENTIRE WEBSITE, INCLUDING TEXT, IMAGES, LINKS, DOWNLOADS AND CODING, IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE”. FTB MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES AS TO THE CORRECTNESS OR SUITABILITY OF EITHER THE WEBSITE OR THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN IT.
6.2 Subject to Chapter 7 of the ECT Act, FTB, its officers, employees, suppliers, Internet Service Providers, partners, affiliates and agents, shall not be liable for any direct damage, loss or liability, howsoever arising, incurred by Users or any other persons and resulting from the use or inability to use this Website, unless such damage was caused by the gross negligence of FTB or any or a combination of the aforegoing persons.
6.3 Subject to Chapter 7 of the ECT Act and to the fullest extent possible under the applicable law, FTB disclaims all responsibility or liability for any indirect damages, economic, consequential loss or loss of profits, resulting from the use of or inability to use (including but not limited to non-receipt of services) this Website in any manner.
6.4 FTB has no control over third party content and features which can be accessed through the use of this Website and does not examine or edit such content and features or act as an agent for third parties accessible through this Website. As such and to the fullest possible extent permissible under law FTB disclaims any liability whatsoever to Users for any loss or damage arising from the use of third party websites, contents, information and features.
6.5 FTB will not be liable to you for any loss or damage, whether direct, indirect, economic or consequential in nature, suffered as a result of use of this Website if you fail to ensure that you have the minimum hardware and software recommended by FTB (as mentioned in clause 5 above) in order to use this Website effectively.

USERS AGREE TO INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS FTB, ITS OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS, SERVANTS, SUBCONTRACTORS, PARTNERS, SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES FROM ANY DEMAND, ACTION OR APPLICATION OR OTHER PROCEEDINGS, INCLUDING FOR ATTORNEYS FEES AND RELATED COSTS SUCH AS TRACING FEES, MADE BY ANY THIRD PARTY AND ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USER’S USE OF THIS WEBSITE, THIRD PARTY WEBSITES OR ANY OF THE SERVICES OFFERED THROUGH SUCH SITES IN ANY WAY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE PROVISION OF CONTENT.

FTB expressly reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to alter or amend any criteria or information set out in this Website without notice. Accordingly, any information, including all content and images, articles, in this Website is not intended to constitute consulting or other advice or similar related service. Before making any decision or taking any action based on the information contained on this Website, which decision or action might affect your personal finances or business, you should consult a qualified professional advisor.

9.1 FTB offers a comprehensive range of information subscription services to individuals, groups and organisations, including e-mail subscriptions to various services.
9.2 The granting of a subscription, whether free or paid-for, is entirely within the discretion of FTB and may, without limiting such discretion, be refused where FTB reasonably suspects abuse of this Website or where the provisions of these Terms and Conditions of Use are breached.

10.1 Data Messages, sent by Users and FTB to each other shall be deemed to be received only when acknowledged or responded to.
10.2 A Data Message shall be regarded as received when the complete data message enters an information system designated or used for that purpose by the addressee and is capable of being retrieved and processed by the addressee.
10.3 FTB reserves the right not to respond to any Data Message which contains obscene, threatening, defamatory or otherwise illegal, unlawful or inappropriate content, and to take the appropriate action against the sender of such Data Message where necessary.
10.4 Users should be aware that filtering technology employed by internet service providers, employers and others may result in the non-delivery of a service or email subscribed to. FTB takes reasonable efforts to ensure that subscription services are not stopped by filtering technology used by FTB and will make reasonable attempts to remedy non-delivery where it is notified thereof. If you have not received a subscription service please notify us.

In order to provide a relevant and secure service, and where required to do so under law, FTB may monitor and/or intercept communications (including Data Messages) which are sent to this Website. To the full extent necessary under law the User hereby acknowledges that he or she is aware of such potential monitoring and/or interception and consents thereto in terms of sections 5 and 6 of the Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication-Related Information Act 70 of 2002.

12.1 This Website offers a service through which Users may access links to third party websites, to view products and events. Further functionality in this regard may be added from time to time.
12.2 FTB reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to approve or refuse any submission and submissions will only be posted online once approved.
12.3 FTB further reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to remove any submissions on such grounds as it may deem fit.
12.4 Any content received by Data Message will be assumed to have been submitted for publication free of charge, unless the sender clearly stipulates that payment for the content is required and includes all relevant contact and pricing information in the Data Message.
12.5 Any unsolicited information or material sent to FTB will be deemed not to be confidential, unless otherwise agreed to in writing by FTB.

13.1 If FTB receives a valid notice of objection relating to any content that is posted on this Website then FTB, subject to the provisions of this clause, will remove the content as contained on the Website.
13.2 A valid notice of objection must be emailed or posted to FTB and include:

13.2.1 full names and address of the complainant;
13.2.2 written or electronic signature of the complainant;
13.2.3 identification of the right that has allegedly been infringed;
13.2.4 identification of the material or activity that allegedly infringes this right;
13.2.5 the remedial action requested;
13.2.6 the telephonic and electronic contact details of the complainant;
13.2.7 a statement that the complainant is acting in good faith; and
13.2.8 a statement that the information is true and correct.

13.3 If FTB receives a notice of objection that complies with the above requirements and FTB is of the view that the objection is legally valid, FTB will remove the content and inform the complainant and, if necessary, the third party that posted that material immediately.
13.4 FTB expressly disclaims any liability which may arise as a result of the removal of content pursuant to the receipt of a valid notice of objection.

14.1 We take reasonable precautions to protect the security of the Website. However, due to the nature of the Internet, we cannot guarantee that this Website is error-free. In addition to the disclaimers contained elsewhere in these Terms and Conditions, FTB also makes no warranty or representation, whether express or implied, that the information or files available on this Website are free of viruses, spyware, malware, trojans, destructive materials or any other data or code which is able to corrupt, destroy, compromise or jeopardise the operation, stability, security functionality or content of your computer system, computer network, hardware or software in any way.
14.2 The following acts in connection with this Website are expressly prohibited:

14.2.1 gaining or attempting to gain unauthorised access to any web page or part of this Website;
14.2.2 delivering or attempting to deliver any unauthorised or malicious code or content to this Website; and/or
14.2.3 any amendment to or attempt to amend any of the content or any other part of this Website by unauthorised persons.

14.3 We will pursue prosecution of and compensation from any person that delivers or attempts to deliver any destructive code to this Website or attempts to gain unauthorized access to any page on or part of this Website.

15.1 Copyright in all information, logos, images, source codes and other original material contained in this Website, which is not attributed to a third party, is held by or licensed to FTB. FTB asserts and reserves all its rights, including moral rights, in this regard. No right, title or interest in any proprietary material or information contained in this Website is granted to users other than set out below. Product content, information, logos and branding, packaging and other related shall likely be owned by the manufacturer or proprietor thereof.
15.2 FTB only grants to Users a personal, non-exclusive, non-assignable and non-transferable license to view all content and information on the Website. In the event that there is unauthorised copying or downloading of content on any machine of which the User is the primary user, then such use can only be:

15.2.1 for information purposes;
15.2.2 for non-commercial purposes or within a non-commercial website; and
15.2.3 any reproduction must acknowledge this Website as the source of the information in a proper copyright notice.

15.3 Users are required to inform FTB of any proposed commercial use by e-mailing us
15.4 Users wishing to utilise content for their own commercial purposes may do so only with the prior written permission of FTB. Requests for commercial use may be submitted by e-mailing us. The granting or refusing of permission is completely within the discretion of FTB, and may be conditional.
15.5 Users are requested to note that intellectual property rights in certain material and/or information contained on this Website may vest in a third party other than FTB and that the user is under a legal duty to respect such rights.

16.1 FTB respects your privacy and is committed to the voluntary privacy protection principles contained in Chapter 8 of the ECT Act.
16.2 The User’s attention is drawn to the fact that information transmitted via the Internet, including e-mail, is susceptible to monitoring and interception. The User is therefore discouraged from transmitting to the Website or FTB any information that may be confidential, proprietary, or sensitive. The User shall bear all risk of transmitting such information in this manner and under no circumstances will FTB be liable for any loss, harm, or damage suffered by the User as a result thereof.

17.1 This Website may consider advertising and sponsorship. Advertisers and sponsors are responsible for ensuring that material submitted for inclusion in this Website complies with all applicable laws and regulations.
17.2 FTB accordingly excludes, to the fullest possible extent permissible under law, any responsibility or liability for any error or inaccuracy appearing in advertising or sponsorship material.

18.1 Automated transactions and searches are subject to these terms and conditions.
18.2 The use of malicious search technology is prohibited.
18.3 The use of search technology in an unlawful manner or for the collecting or harvesting of data for commercial gain is prohibited.
18.4 Search technology which does not unduly retard the operation of this Website is acceptable but FTB reserves the right to prohibit any specific entity from employing search technology on the Website.

19.1 Persons, business and website may link to this Website only with the written permission of FTB. Requests for such permission must be done by e-mailing details of the link and the page
19.2 Permission to link to this Website is given without assumption of any liability. We reserve the right to withdraw permission granted to link to this Website at any time and for any reason.
19.3 Use of the sites or pages linked to is accordingly exclusively at the risk of the User.
19.4 The express permission in writing of FTB, which may be subject to conditions, is required before this Website, any of its pages and/or any of the information contained on the site is framed. Requests for permission can be submitted by e-mailing FTB
19.5 While the use of web crawlers and search software is permitted on this Website, FTB reserves the right to restrict the use of web crawlers in whole or in part as it sees fit. You may not save the whole or any part of the source code of the Website nor may a person use any technology or application that extracts the source code of the Website and saves this information.
19.6 The user of electronic agents to harvest personal information from FTB is strictly prohibited.

FTB reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion and on written notification where possible, to terminate the provision of this Website and/or to terminate the access rights of any User to our Websites and Social Media accounts where, for example and without limitation:

20.1 FTB regards the action or inaction of a User to constitute a breach of these terms and conditions;
20.2 FTB regards the action or inaction of a user to constitute abuse of the services offered through this Website; and/or.
20.3 events beyond the reasonable control of FTB, including technical failures, prevent the continuing provision of the Website.

21.1 Subject to the dispute resolution provisions below, the User hereby agrees that the law applicable to these terms and conditions of use, their interpretation and any matter or litigation in connection therewith or arising from them will be the law of the United Kingdom
21.2 This Website is owned, hosted and maintained within the United Kingdom
21.3 When using this Website and agreeing to these Terms and Conditions such use and agreement is deemed to have taken place in London, United Kingdom
21.4 Users of this Website are encouraged to familiarise themselves with the United Kingdom law relating to electronic communications and transactions as contained in the ECT Act.

22.1 By accessing this Website you acknowledge and agree that in the event of any dispute or purported dispute arising out of use or inability to use this Website, or claim in respect of any service or product offered through the Website, or on any matter provided for in, or arising out of these terms and conditions, then that dispute shall be submitted to The Arbitration Forum and decided by mediation or arbitration, in accordance with The Arbitration Forum’s Mediation and Arbitration rules.
22.2 Any dispute will be resolved in London, United Kingdom in accordance with the law of the United Kingdom.

23.1 Please note that, due to legal and other developments, we may be required to amend these Terms and Conditions of Use from time to time. Please refer to the last revision date at the foot of this page. You are accordingly encouraged to check the Website regularly.
23.2 We will attempt to give notice of any amendments, but reserve the right to effect amendments, additions or deletions from time to time without notice. Any such change will only apply to your use of this Website after the change is displayed on this Website. If you use this Website after such updated or amended Terms and Conditions have been displayed on this Website, you will be deemed to have accepted such updates or amendments.

24.1 Users may not cede, sub-license or otherwise transfer any rights they may have under these terms and conditions or which may otherwise have been obtained through the use of this Website.
24.2 Any failure by FTB to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms and Conditions of Use shall in no way constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
24.3 In the event of any part of these Terms and Conditions being found to be partially or fully unenforceable, for whatever reason, this shall not affect the application or enforceability of the remainder of these terms and conditions.
24.4 These Terms and conditions contain the record of the entire agreement between the User and FTB regarding the subject matter thereof.
24.5 Failure to enforce any provision of these Terms and Conditions shall not be deemed a waiver of such provision nor of the right to enforce such provision.

DATE OF LAST REVIEW October 2025