About us

CHAKULAFASTA is an Online Food Consulting Agency and Food related eCommerce platform. We have experts and specialist from the food and nutrition industry and other health experts who provides education to our community through our platform so our community do not have to struggle to pay experts outside of the platform as all the specialist in our platform can meet the needs of our community. If you are a foodie, a scientist, or even just a curious individual you have made it to the right place. Our goal is to educate the public on the science of food in a fun and interactive way. Our mission is to ensure food and nutrition security. Apart from the free service we also offer quality assurance consultation services at a paid rate normally on hourly basis. The following are some of the services that we offer;

• Analyse possible reasons for product defects and quality lapses.
• Analyse possible reasons into process deviations and for product defects and quality lapses.
• Develop SOPs and infrastructure requirements for laboratories and optimal calibration standards in line with good laboratory practice (GLP) requirements.
• Develop inspection and testing protocols for materials, products and packaging.
• Develop methods for the testing quality of materials, products and packaging.
• Develop product and process quality metric reports.
• Develop sampling plans for quality control purposes.
• Develop standard operating procedures (SOPs) that are align with regulatory requirements, industry guidelines and organisation’s policies.
• Establish SOPs and conditions for handling, storage and preservation of samples.
• Implement plans and strategies to support provision of safe food products.
• Inspect facilities, equipment, products or production lines to ensure food is prepared according to safety regulations and situational health sections.
• Investigate technical faults and practices that impact laboratory equipment operations.
• Lead quality and food safety related audits.
• Lead traceability investigations on the source of quality lapses and other product issues.
• Oversee corrective and preventative actions (CAPA) implementation and documentations with other departments.
• Participate in quality management system reviews and promote quality and food safety policies to all personnel.
• Review reports and develop guidelines and standard practices for data documentations and analysis.
• Specify the protocols and laboratory infrastructure and equipment to be inspected and tested.
• Verify alignment of sampling documentation, testing activities and procedures with established protocols to identify issues.
• Verify quality control (QC) records, test results and reports for regulatory authorities.

Code of Professional Conduct

Our members are bound by a Code of Professional Conduct. As professionals, every member gives an undertaking to:-

• Uphold the integrity of the profession, and refrain from conduct which detracts from its reputation
• Comply with current regulatory and legal requirements with care, and follow best practice to ensure the safety of food
• Develop and maintain my professional knowledge and skills, and work within the limits of my knowledge, competence and skill
• Act in a fair, honest, trustworthy and diligent manner
• Take reasonable steps to ensure my professional judgement is not compromised nor perceived as being compromised because of bias, conflict of interest, or the undue influence of others
• Consider the risks and implications of my action (or inaction) and advice, and hold myself accountable for them and for the impact these may have
• Treat information with appropriate confidentiality and sensitivity
• Raise any concern I have about the conduct of an individual or organization likely to put the safety or health of the public at risk

Buyer Protection Money Back Guarantee” or “Basic Buyer Protection” Rules, Terms & Conditions (the “Official Rules”)

These Terms & Conditions apply to the “Buyer Protection Money Back Guarantee” or “Basic Buyer Protection” in CF STORE (the “Buyer Protection”).

1. Promoter: the contracting party determined in accordance with the section “1.1 Contracting Party” of the ChakulaFasta Transaction Services Agreement (“CF STORE” or the “Promoter”).

2. Eligible Member: You must be a registered member of CF STORE with a valid account and have successfully made and completed a purchase of goods and/or services on ChakulaFasta.

3. Buyer Protection Period: the number of days (appearing/confirmed on the product listing page at the time when the Eligible Member completed the purchase from the seller on CF STORE) which the seller guarantees the Eligible Member that it would receive the goods and/or services ordered from the seller, start counting from the day the Eligible Member completes such purchase on CF STORE.

4. Rules:
a. If the Eligible Member does not receive the goods and/or services within Buyer Protection Period or receives goods and/or services that are sub-standard in its view, the Eligible Member may initiate the dispute procedures “Disputes and Reports” to report this incident (“Dispute Procedures”) to Chakulafasta.

b. During the Dispute Procedures, we will investigate this incident considering (but not limited to) the following factors:

i. Whether goods and/or services received by the Eligible Member are damaged, defective, or are substantially different from what has been presented or described on the product listing page;
ii. Whether the non-arrival of goods and/or services to the Eligible Member is due to factors beyond its control;
iii. Whether the non-arrival of goods and/or services to the Eligible Member is due to error or miscommunication on the part of the Eligible Member (eg providing incorrect shipping address etc); or
iv. Whether the goods and/or services are returned to the seller due to such goods and/or services not being able to clear customs.

c. ChakulaFasta may ask the Eligible Member for relevant information, documentation, records and/or other evidence to support Eligible Member’s claim.

d. After the Dispute Procedures, ChakulaFasta will make a determination (which is final and not subject to appeal). If the determination is in favor of the Eligible Member, subject to the terms of the Official Rules (including but not limited to the force majeure clause below), the Eligible Member will be eligible for a refund within 15 days after the completion of the Dispute Procedures. Such refund will be generally credited to the same means of payment used by the Eligible Member when placing the affected order , unless the parties have agreed on some other means and subject to the relevant technical constraints.

5. General Rules:
a. By participating in this Buyer Protection, you agree to be bound by these Official Rules.

b. Any fraud and/or abuse by you (as determined by the Promoter at its sole discretion) will result in forfeiture of your eligibility to this Buyer Protection and/or rights under these Official Rules.

c. ChakulaFasta is not responsible for any late, lost, delayed, incomplete, illegible, misdirected or undeliverable entries, responses, or other correspondence, whether by e-mail or otherwise.

d. The eligibility to this Buyer Protection shall be determined by ChakulaFasta at their sole discretion based on the Promoter’s record. If there is any discrepancy between the record of transaction held by you and that held by the Promoter, the Promoter’s record shall be conclusive and binding on you.

e. ChakulaFasta reserves the right to amend these Official Rules without prior notice. In the event of disputes, the decision of the Promoter shall be final and binding.

f. ChakulaFasta reserves the right and absolute discretion to cancel or revoke anyone’s right to participate in this Buyer Protection.

7. Conflict of Terms and Conditions:
a. In case of any discrepancy in the content between the English and other non-English language versions of these Official Rules, the English version shall prevail.

b. In the event that any of the terms under these Official Rules conflict with rules and/or any such related information displayed elsewhere on ChakulaFasta, the terms under these Official Rules shall prevail.

8. Disclaimer: TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL THE PROMOTER BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOSS OF USE, DATA, BUSINESS OR PROFITS) ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THIS BUYER PROTECTION, WHETHER SUCH LIABILITY ARISES FROM ANY CLAIM BASED UPON CONTRACT, WARRANTY, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, AND WHETHER OR NOT SPONSOR HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LOSS OR DAMAGE.

9. Disputes: You acknowledge and agree that the Promoter or any of its affiliates shall not be responsible, and shall have no liability to the Eligible Member or anyone else for any dispute or claim that arises out of your participation in this Buyer Protection.

Posting of Ads

• A user shall provide to the Administrator any documents confirming the legitimacy of posting of announcements and identity documents upon the Administrator’s request.
• A user, who posts announcements with regard to the provision of services on the Platform, shall provide precise and complete information about such services, as well as about the terms and conditions of sale and services provision. In particular, but without limitation, phone number associated with each announcement shall be reachable, which implies not only the ability to receive messages but also necessitates that the user shall be available to answer calls promptly. Failure to maintain an accessible and functional phone number may result in the temporary closure of the user’s advertisements.
• The terms and conditions of sale and services provision developed by the user shall not interfere with these Terms and applicable laws.
• Price of services shall be exact. If it is perceived to be changed due to any specific circumstances, this shall be provided in the announcement.
• When uploading a YouTube video to your announcement through YouTube API Services functionality offered by the Administrator, you are agreeing to be bound by the YouTube Terms of Service available at: https://www.youtube.com/t/terms.
• When uploading a Facebook video to your announcement through Facebook Embedded Video & Live Player functionality offered by the Administrator, you are agreeing to be bound by the Meta Platform Terms available at https://developers.facebook.com/terms/ and Facebook Terms of Service available at https://www.facebook.com/terms.php.

Billing Policy

1. You can use premium services provided by the Administrator in order to promote your announcements and attract more users to them.

2. The administrator offers premium services in different packages. If you order any paid package, your announcements will be raised overall free offers. Detailed information on the duration, price, payment methods and other conditions of premium services are available at the promote section on your dashboard

3. To order premium services on the platform, you should visit the promote section below your listed property/listing  or choose a preferred premium service while creating an announcement.

4. When ordering premium services, you will be able to choose a payment method that is most suitable for you. If you choose to pay by card, bank transfer or eWallet, you will be redirected to the checkout page of a relevant payment processor. All data entered by you on payment screens will be secured. The administrator will only receive information that relates to the payment. If you choose to pay by cash, you will receive payment details, which you can present at the nearest bank branch and pay.

5. Administrator reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to change the features and types of premium services, fees, and acceptable payment methods from time to time and for any reason.

6. Unless otherwise provided by mandatory rules of the applicable law, any fees paid for premium services are non-refundable due to the online nature of the services. You acknowledge and agree that we will not make any prorated refunds in the event your announcement violates Terms of Use and is removed from the Platform, or when you deactivate an announcement by yourself.

7. Available premium services are not subscription-based, therefore you should renew their validity period manually each time you need them.

8. Administrator does not guarantee any results of premium services and will not be held liable if they do not meet your expectations.

Third-party Services

CF EXCHANGE is a crypto exchange that gives you endless possibilities to spend your funds the way you like, anywhere around the world. It is a non-custodial service created for simple and fast cryptocurrency exchanges. We strive to ensure maximum safety, simplicity, and convenience. Tanzaniawallstreet crypto Exchange has been renamed to CF EXCHANGE. Hence currently the exchange service provided by ChakulaFasta will be branded as CF EXCHANGE.

2.1. By using the website, you accept these Terms and agree that you are responsible for compliance with all applicable laws, and regulations.

2.2. Accepting the terms of the classic Exchange option, also called “Classic Rate Exchange,” means you acknowledge and agree that the information about the Exchange rates for the classic rate option is indicative and may differ slightly from the actual Exchange rate.

The following may be offered if the cryptocurrency market changes significantly during the Exchange:

• To proceed with the exchange at the current market rate.
• To refund the non-exchanged crypto assets to the original address or to the refund address after deducting fees, and send the exchanged funds to the payout address after conversion into the asset specified at the exchange creation.

2.3. By using the “Fixed Exchange Rate” you acknowledge and agree that the fixed exchange rate may differ from the classic exchange rate.

CFexchange shall complete the exchange if the following requirements are met:

• The deposit for the exchange was sent within 4 minutes from the exchange’s creation.
• We received the crypto asset in a short time after the User created the exchange. It is important to note that a payment transmitted to the blockchain network does not mean that CFexchange accepts this payment. The number of payment confirmations is determined by us depending on the blockchain.
• The user sent the crypto asset to a specially generated address on the exchange page. Addresses for each exchange are disposable and cannot be used again.
• The user sent the exact amount that was displayed on the website, as well as took into account all relevant withdrawal fees and network fees.

If the situation allows for an exchange, the transaction will be made at the rate that was confirmed by the user at the beginning of the exchange.

If the market situation is such that the transaction cannot be executed anymore at fixed-rate, the crypto assets will be refunded, if possible, less all applicable fees; or the user shall be offered to proceed in accordance with the rules of Classic Rate Exchange.

If the user sends an amount smaller or bigger than was specified and confirmed by the user before the creation of the exchange, the transaction shall be made in accordance with the rules of Classic Rate Exchange.

2.4. When you exchange crypto assets, you acknowledge and agree that we cooperate with (a) third-party liquidity providers and (b) in limited cases, third-party exchange service providers (including but not limited to Swapzone.io and changenow.io). We can use their services to complete the exchange.

2.5. For the exchange via our Services, our system automatically generates a one-time address.

2.6. The Website provides non-custodial services, which means that we do not store your Digital Assets on deposits and balances.

2.7. By accepting these Terms and using the Website, you represent and warrant that:

• you are at least 18 years old and have full capacity to contract under the applicable law;
• are not located in, under the control of, or a national or resident of the prohibited jurisdictions ;
• you are only transacting on the Website with legally-obtained funds that rightfully belong to you;
• you have not previously been suspended or removed from using the Website and our services;
• you are not furthering, performing, undertaking, engaging in, aiding or abetting any unlawful activity through your relationship with us or through your use of the Website and our services;
• you are comporting with and obeying these Terms and all applicable laws;
• you shall use the Website and our services only for the purposes related to personal non-commercial use and you do not represent any third party;
• you understand that engaging in the change of the Cryptocurrency may be risky;
• you acknowledge and agree that CFexchange is not acting as your broker, intermediary, agent or advisor or in any fiduciary capacity, and no communication or information provided to you by CFexchange shall be considered or construed as advice;
• you shall not mislead other Users and third parties during using the Website;
• you will not take any action aimed solely at causing damage to CFexchange or other third parties;
• you shall not reverse engineer, decompile or otherwise disassemble the Website ;
• recognizing the international nature of the Internet, you accept all responsibility for compliance with all local laws and regulations relating to your actions in the network;
• you agree and consent to receive electronically all communications, agreements, documents, receipts, notices and disclosures that CFexchange provides in connection with your use of the Website and our services;
• you understand and acknowledge that any delays in services are possible;
• you shall not use proxy and VPN or other software for concealing your IP-address.

2.8. The Website is accessible 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. However, CFexchange reserves the right, without providing notice or compensation, to temporarily suspend the Website or access to the Website in order to carry out work including, but not limited to: updates, maintenance operations and amendments to the servers, etc.

2.9 . In order to protect the integrity of the Website, CFexchange reserves the right at any time in its sole discretion to block users who violate these Terms.

2.10. Please note there are certain specifics in respect of small deposits:

• if You make a deposit in any coin or token, equivalent less than 10 US Dollars, CFexchange reserves the right not to process this exchange due to technical limitations;
• if You make a deposit in any coin or token, equivalent more than 10 US Dollars but less than minimal required sum shown to you at the exchange creation stage, CFexchange shall process the exchange but can not guarantee the rate;
• if You send a deposit in a coin or token that do not match the coin identified when creating the exchange, CFexchange shall process the exchange but can not guarantee the rate. Currently the option is available to the following blockchains ETH, BSC, MATIC, TRX, ETHW, OP, ETC, KLAY, CELO, ARBITRUM, FTM, FLR, CCHAIN, CROEVM, ZKSYNC, and the list is updated periodically.

Privacy Policy

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

• Information you submit to us as part of your registration, and any data, text, pictures and other materials that you may submit or post on the Platform (the “User Content”) remain your intellectual property, and the Administrator does not claim any ownership of the copyright or other proprietary intellectual property rights in such registration information and the User Content. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you agree that the Administrator may retain copies of all registration information and the User Content and use such information and the User Content as reasonably necessary for or incidental to its operation of the Service and as described in these Terms and the Privacy Policy.
• You grant the Administrator the non-exclusive, worldwide, transferable, perpetual, irrevocable right to copy, modify, adapt, store, publish, distribute, publicly display and perform, communicate and make available to the public the User Content in connection with the Service, including to use and make the User Content public on the affiliated web-site, as well as for the Administrator’s marketing, advertising, and other purposes.
• You agree, and represent and warrant, that your use of the Service, or any portion thereof, will neither infringe nor violate the rights of any other party or breach any contract or legal duty to any other parties.
• Materials on the Platform, except those posted by the user, including but not limited to texts, software, scripts, graphics, photos, sounds, music, videos, interactive functions, etc. (“Materials“) and trademarks, service marks and logos included in it (“Marks“) belong to or are licensed by the Administrator representing items of copyright and of any other intellectual property rights. Any use of such Materials and Marks without prior notice of the Administrator is not allowed. Notice for Claims of Intellectual Property Violations and Copyright Infringement
• If you are a holder of intellectual property rights or a person authorized to act in the name of a holder of intellectual property rights and you reasonably believe that information which is posted to the Platform someway infringes your intellectual property rights or intellectual property rights of a person, in which name you act, you may provide notification to the Administrator requiring to delete such material. In this regard, you shall warrant that your appeal has a legal basis, and you act in good faith according to law.
• When providing relevant notification concerning infringement of rights you shall ensure that your request corresponds to the form below and includes the following:
  1. an appeal should include the physical or electronic signature of a person empowered for acting in the name of a holder of the right, which is believed to be infringed;
  2. the objects of intellectual property right, rights on which were supposedly infringed, shall be specified. If several objects exist, the entire list of such items shall be provided;
  3. you shall specify materials (with an indication of specific URL-pages), which are stated to infringe rights or themselves are the objects of infringement;
  4. you shall provide contact information so that the Administrator would be able to contact you, for example, address, phone number, and email address;
  5. signed application with regard to your faithful and reasonable believe in those materials being the objects of complaint concerning infringement of intellectual property rights are used without a right holder’s or its representative’s consent, and also that this is not allowed by law;
  6. signed application with regard to that a holder of intellectual property rights releases the Administrator from any third parties’ claims related to deletion of relevant materials by the Administrator;
  7. signed application with regard to that information contained in a notification is accurate under penalty of perjury, and you are authorized to act in the name of a holder of an exclusive right, which has been supposedly infringed;
  8. statutory regulations which you believe to be violated in connection to using of disputable content;
  9. state, in which territory you believe the rights to be infringed;
  10. copies of documents establishing rights for an object of intellectual property right, which is subject to security, as well as a document that confirms powers for acting in the holder’s name, in attachments to your appeal.
• The relevant notification shall be sent to email info@chakulafasta.xyz

Comments on the site

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it.. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, it’s okay uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included because Visitors to the website cannot download and extract any location data from images on the website this is because we do not allow downloading of our images.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year. If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser. When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed. If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded Content From Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Your Data

Your data is safe with us as we do not share your data outside of our platform, but remember we can use your data so as to send you personalized ads about our platform and also If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

When you delete your account ,we remove all the data we’ve been retaining about you hence when you come back in the future you have to start providing your data again. In order change some of your data you can login to your account and head to the profile page where you can edit all your data except username which cannot be changed, and in order to completely remove or delete your account you can do that by visiting this link https://chakulafasta.xyz/account-delete/ . If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Change of policy

We will be informing you when we change our privacy policy and you are supposed to check on it to see if anything has changed because once any misunderstandings happens between you and the company we are going to resolve it using the current terms and privacy policy. For any inconvenience please contact us info@chakulafasta.xyz