Terms of Use

1. Using SafeBite

By downloading or using SafeBite you agree to these terms and to our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the app. You must be old enough to form a binding contract where you live, or use the app with the involvement of a parent or guardian. The app is licensed to you, not sold, for personal, non-commercial use on Apple devices you own or control, under Apple’s Licensed Application End User License Agreement, which these terms add to. Where the two conflict about something specific to SafeBite, these terms apply.

2. What SafeBite does, and its limits

• Sources. SafeBite reads public recall and outbreak information from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (press releases and openFDA), the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It covers the United States. It does not cover every product, every retailer notice, or recalls in other countries.
• Timing. SafeBite checks its sources many times a day, but agencies publish on their own schedules and our checks can be delayed or fail. A recall can exist before SafeBite knows about it.
• Alerts are best-effort. Notifications depend on Apple, Google, your network and your phone’s settings. They can arrive late, arrive silently, or not arrive. Do not rely on SafeBite as your only way of learning about a recall.
• Matching is approximate. Checking a package by photo, barcode or name can miss a match or suggest a wrong one. Lot codes, dates and sizes on the official notice decide whether your package is affected.
• Summaries. Product names, “what to do” text and other summaries are generated from the agency notice with AI assistance and automated checks. They can contain mistakes.
• openFDA. Some information comes from openFDA. Do not rely on openFDA to make decisions regarding medical care. Always speak to your health provider about the risks and benefits of FDA-regulated products.

3. Not medical advice

SafeBite provides information only. It does not provide medical, nutritional or allergy advice, and it is not a substitute for reading a product’s label. If you think you or someone in your household has eaten a recalled food or is ill, contact a doctor. In an emergency call 911. The app’s “report an illness” links take you to the FDA or USDA; we do not receive or store those reports.

4. SafeBite+ subscriptions

• SafeBite is free to use with 3 monitored products and 5 cloud photo scans per calendar month. SafeBite+ is an optional auto-renewing subscription with unlimited monitored products, additional alert states and 100 cloud photo scans per calendar month. Photo allowances are shared across devices using the same Apple Account and reset on the 1st at 00:00 UTC; failed recognition and on-device reading do not count. A scan successfully completed on the server can count if you disconnect or close the app before its result arrives; retrying the same interrupted request does not use another scan. Cloud scans are also subject to short-term abuse limits and service spending limits; on-device reading remains available. Unused scans do not roll over. Upgrading increases the allowance without resetting scans already used that month. Recall browsing, basic alerts, barcode checks and manual searches remain free. Version 1 has no ads on either plan. The plans, prices and any eligible free trial are shown before you buy.
• Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase, or at the end of the free trial if one applies.
• The subscription renews automatically for the same period and price unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the current period (or the free trial) ends. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period.
• You can manage or cancel at any time in the App Store: Settings → your name → Subscriptions. Deleting the app does not cancel a subscription.
• A free trial is offered once per Apple Account. Any unused part of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription.
• Refunds are handled by Apple under its policies: reportaproblem.apple.com.
• If we change a price, Apple will notify you and, where required, ask for your consent before the new price applies.

5. Tips

Tips are optional one-time purchases that support the app. They unlock nothing and are non-refundable except as Apple’s policies or the law require.

6. Acceptable use

Do not misuse SafeBite: do not interfere with or overload our servers, access them by automated means other than through the app, reverse engineer the app except where the law allows it, or use the app or its content for a commercial service without our written permission.

7. Content and credits

Recall information from U.S. government agencies is in the public domain. Product information for search comes from USDA FoodData Central. Some product data and pictures come from Open Food Facts and its contributors, made available under the Open Database License and Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike. Other pictures are credited to their photographers and sources, including Unsplash and Wikimedia Commons, and product pictures remain the property of their brands and retailers and are shown only to identify recalled products. The source and licence links for representative photos are in the app under Privacy & terms → Photo credits. The SafeBite name, design and software are ours. Product names and trademarks belong to their owners; showing them does not imply any affiliation or endorsement.

8. Disclaimers

SafeBite is provided “as is” and “as available”. To the fullest extent the law allows, we disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the app will be uninterrupted, timely or error-free, that any recall will be detected, or that any alert will be delivered.

9. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent the law allows, we are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, or for any illness, injury, loss or damage arising from reliance on the app, from a missed, delayed or mistaken match or alert, or from food you chose to eat or discard. Our total liability for any claim relating to SafeBite is limited to the greater of the amount you paid us in the 12 months before the claim or US $20. Some places do not allow some of these limits, so they may not apply to you. Nothing in these terms limits liability that cannot be limited by law.

10. Changes and ending

We may change the app or these terms. If a change matters, we will update the date above and tell you in the app or its release notes; continuing to use SafeBite after that means you accept the change. You can stop using SafeBite at any time by deleting it. We may suspend or end access for anyone who misuses the service.

11. Law

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, United States, without regard to its conflict-of-law rules, and disputes will be brought in the courts located there, unless the consumer-protection law where you live says otherwise.

12. Apple

These terms are between you and us, not Apple. Apple is not responsible for the app or its content, has no obligation to provide maintenance or support, and is not responsible for addressing claims about the app. Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these terms and may enforce them against you.

13. Contact

Qupid, LLC · freeclaimapp@gmail.com