Privacy Policy,
data protection & trade confidentiality.

Pure Foods Ingredients ("Pure Foods", "we", "us", or "our") respects the privacy and commercial confidentiality of our buyers, institutional food processors, spice blenders, flavor houses, and trade partners worldwide. We are dedicated to maintaining the highest standards of data integrity in accordance with the Information Technology Act, 2000 (India), the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA), and internationally recognized privacy frameworks, including the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

This policy details how corporate and procurement information is gathered, verified, utilized, and safeguarded when visiting our digital portal, submitting Requests for Quotation (RFQs), or executing commercial supply agreements.

We collect only the business data necessary to facilitate commercial B2B procurement, export documentation, and customs clearance:

• Commercial Contact Details: Authorized buyer representative name, business designation, corporate email address, telephone/WhatsApp number, company legal name, and registered corporate headquarters.
• Export Compliance Identifiers: Tax Identification Number (TIN), VAT/GST number, EORI number (for European entities), Import-Export Code (IEC), or regional customs importer registration codes.
• Technical Sourcing Specifications: Product forms (flakes, minced, granules, powder), target mesh granulometry, moisture thresholds, microbiological limits, intended application (soup premixes, snack seasonings, ready meals), packaging preferences, and target container volume.
• Billing & Delivery Logistics: Discharge port of destination, preferred Incoterms (FOB, CFR, CIF), warehouse delivery address, consignee details, and notify party information.

All data acquired is processed strictly for legitimate commercial trade objectives:

• Calculating accurate freight, ocean transit times, and formal proforma quotations.
• Coordinating production schedules with dehydration partner facilities in Bhavnagar and Mahuva.
• Generating mandatory statutory export filings, including Shipping Bills via Indian Customs (ICEGATE), APEDA certificates, and Plant Quarantine phytosanitary inspection filings.
• Communicating harvest season updates, market intelligence reports, raw bulb mandi arrivals, and ocean shipping line schedule notifications.

We understand that industrial food manufacturers and seasoning blenders rely upon unique particle granulation recipes, custom oil coatings, and proprietary spice ratios. Pure Foods enforces rigorous trade confidentiality:

• Custom mesh granulometries, private blending proportions, and tailored moisture specifications shared with our Trade Desk are classified as Strictly Confidential Intellectual Property.
• We execute formal bilateral Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) upon request before reviewing proprietary seasoning recipes.
• Under no circumstance are buyer proprietary specifications or formulations shared with competing commercial brands or unauthorized third parties.

We do not sell, rent, or trade commercial buyer lists to data brokers or advertising networks. Information is disclosed strictly to trusted trade service providers essential for order fulfillment:

• Maritime Carriers & Forwarders: Ocean shipping lines (e.g., Maersk, MSC, Hapag-Lloyd, CMA CGM), NVOCC freight forwarders, and container trucking contractors.
• Export Regulatory Authorities: Indian Customs (ICEGATE), Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), APEDA, Spices Board of India, and destination import customs authorities.
• Accredited Testing Surveyors: NABL accredited laboratories or international cargo surveyors (SGS, Bureau Veritas, Geo-Chem, Intertek) appointed for container sampling and quality verification.
• Financial & Banking Partners: Authorized dealer foreign exchange banks processing Letters of Credit (LC) and documentary collection wires.

Our digital portal utilizes standard session cookies and non-intrusive analytics to provide optimal user experience:

• Essential Technical Cookies: Maintain CSRF security tokens during RFQ submission, retain product comparison trays, and ensure responsive page rendering.
• Performance Analytics: Aggregated, anonymized browsing statistics (page visit durations, browser categories, geographic regions) via Google Analytics / internal logging to optimize catalog navigation.
• You may configure your web browser to refuse or alert you regarding cookies; however, certain portal interactive features (such as quote calculation forms) may function with diminished efficiency.

We implement multi-layered technical and organizational safeguards to shield commercial records from unauthorized access, accidental alteration, or disclosure:

• All data transmitted through our web portal is encrypted in transit using industry-standard 256-Bit Transport Layer Security (TLS / SSL).
• Database records are housed in enterprise-grade secured cloud infrastructure with continuous monitoring, firewalls, and restricted IP role-based access controls.
• Physical access to trade documentation at our Bhavnagar administrative headquarters is restricted to authorized commercial documentation officers.

Under Indian foreign trade statutory requirements (Customs Act, 1962 and Reserve Bank of India foreign exchange regulations), international export invoices, Bills of Lading, Bank Realisation Certificates (e-BRC), and Certificates of Analysis are legally mandated to be retained for a minimum of 7 calendar years from the date of shipment.

Non-contractual digital inquiries and exploratory email correspondences are purged after 24 months of commercial dormancy.

Irrespective of your geographic location, international procurement representatives maintain the following rights regarding their corporate contact information:

• Right of Access & Portability: Request a comprehensive summary of all corporate contact details, trade inquiries, and shipment history on file.
• Right of Rectification: Request prompt amendment of incorrect company addresses, tax identifiers, or corporate personnel contacts.
• Right to Restrict Marketing: Opt-out of seasonal agricultural market bulletins or crop projection updates at any time via a single-click unsubscribe link or direct email request.

For privacy inquiries, NDA requests, or to exercise data rights, contact our Compliance & Data Protection Officer: