1. General Information, Scope & Actors

1.1 Scope

These Terms of Use govern the legal relationship between you (hereinafter referred to as “User” or “Member”) and Markus Messemer (trading under 151 CONCEPTS, hereinafter referred to as “Operator”) regarding the use of the website kalaka.is and the internal coordination and community platform operated thereon[cite: 3]. By registering on the platform or participating in community activities, you agree to these terms[cite: 3].

1.2 Definition of Actors and Roles in the Ecosystem

In order to clearly define the responsibilities and areas of liability within the system, the following roles are defined:

• The Platform Operator (151 CONCEPTS): Solely provides the digital infrastructure, the coordination tool, the batch tracking system (batch traceability), the recipe database, and learning materials on various topics[cite: 3]. The Operator does not provide any physical premises, equipment, kitchens, or ingredients, and does not conduct any food production of its own[cite: 3].
• The Spájz-Master (Local Administrator): Digitally manages the respective regional group on the platform[cite: 3]. They keep all legally required documents ready for the members in their regional group, organize the submission of the liability disclaimers to be physically signed by the members, and archive them[cite: 3]. Furthermore, in consultation with the Event Hosts, they plan when and where cooking/baking events take place.
• The Event Host: An active member of the community who voluntarily provides their own private kitchen and the private equipment available there (e.g., ovens, preserving equipment, tools) for shared use by the registered group members for a specific production event[cite: 3].
• The Participating Member: A registered member of a regional group who actively participates in production events (e.g., harvesting, baking, preserving), obtains food from the community, or provides their own raw materials (e.g., from the garden) for the community[cite: 3].

2. Community Status & Exclusion of Placement on the Market (Anti-Commercial Clause)

2.1 Private, Closed Producer and Consumer Community

The “Kaláka Konyha” is a purely private, non-commercial neighborhood initiative based on traditional Hungarian mutual aid (Kaláka)[cite: 3]. Members organize decentrally in regional groups to jointly or alternately produce food solely for private personal use[cite: 3]. The community does not act as a commercial market participant at any time[cite: 3].

2.2 Absolute Prohibition of Placement on the Market and Sale

All food produced within the framework of the community remains exclusively within the private circle of the producing and receiving members of this closed group[cite: 3].

• Any transfer (whether by sale, commercial barter, trade, or public distribution) to non-members (third parties) or the general public is strictly prohibited[cite: 3].
• The products must not be offered for sale or exchange on public markets, in retail stores, in catering establishments, or via public channels (such as social media platforms)[cite: 3].
• A violation of this clause leads to immediate and permanent exclusion from the community and from the platform kalaka.is[cite: 3].

2.3 Cost Sharing on a Pure Self-Cost Basis

Insofar as financial transactions take place within the scope of Kaláka activities (e.g., for the procurement of raw materials such as flour, jars, ingredients, or to cover energy costs), these constitute exclusively a private, non-commercial one-to-one reimbursement of expenses among private individuals on a pure self-cost basis[cite: 3]. No commercial purchase of goods is made from the Operator or the Event Host[cite: 3]. Any generation of surcharges, profits, or commercial margins is expressly prohibited[cite: 3].

3. Registration, Membership & Physical Consent

3.1 Access Restriction

Access to the internal area of kalaka.is and participation in group activities is reserved for registered members[cite: 3]. Admission to a regional group takes place in a controlled manner and requires approval by the responsible Spájz-Master, i.e., the administrator of the same[cite: 3].

3.2 Mandatory Requirement of a Physical Signature

Mere registration on the online platform does not yet entitle a member to participate in physical production events or to obtain food[cite: 3].

• Before the first active participation in an event or the first receipt of food, each member must physically read, date, locate, and sign by hand the official liability disclaimer of the community (contained in the Spájz-Master’s document set)[cite: 3].
• This signed document must be physically deposited with the responsible Spájz-Master and archived by them[cite: 3]. Without this declaration deposited in printed form, participation in community activities is excluded[cite: 3].

4. The Model of Mutual Release (Limitation of Liability for Alternating Production)

Since the production of food within a regional group takes place alternately in the sense of neighborhood help (e.g., 2 members produce bread, which is then distributed to all members of the group), the members agree among themselves and towards the Operator on the following legal rules for mutual release[cite: 3]:

4.1 Consumption at Your Own Risk

Each member expressly acknowledges that all food coordinated and distributed via the platform has been handcrafted in private kitchens by other group members[cite: 3]. Production does not take place under commercial conditions and is not subject to state food inspection for commercial enterprises[cite: 3]. The recipient assumes the sole and full risk for consumption (in particular with regard to allergens, intolerances, shelf life, or the general microbiological condition of the products)[cite: 3].

4.2 Mutual Waiver of Liability Among Members

The members agree among themselves to mutually exclude any civil liability for simple negligence[cite: 3]. Should a member suffer health impairments from consuming a community-produced food item, they waive the assertion of claims for damages or pain and suffering against the producing member, the Event Host, or the Spájz-Master[cite: 3]. This exclusion of liability does not apply in cases of provable intent or gross negligence (e.g., the deliberate use of components known to be spoiled or toxic)[cite: 3].

4.3 Digital Notice Upon Receipt (Confirmation via the Website)

When recording the receipt or collection of a product in the webapp, a legal notice is displayed to the receiving member, which they must confirm[cite: 3]. With this confirmation, the member again declares digitally that they are aware of the private production nature, consume the product at their own risk, and will not distribute it to people outside their own group[cite: 3].

5. Health, Hygiene & Logging Obligations on Site

In order to minimize the risk for the entire group and to maintain a high duty of care, all active producers commit to the following measures[cite: 3]:

5.1 Health Self-Declaration During Production

Each member actively participating in a production day in the private kitchen of an Event Host must submit a digital self-declaration via the webapp on the day of the event prior to entering the production site[cite: 3]. With this confirmation, the member declares[cite: 3]:

1. That they are completely healthy and do not show any symptoms of infectious diseases (e.g., respiratory infections, gastrointestinal diseases)[cite: 3].
2. That they have no open, unprotected wounds on their hands or arms[cite: 3].
3. That they will strictly adhere to the basic hygiene rules provided on the platform (e.g., thorough handwashing, wearing clean clothes)[cite: 3].

5.2 Obligation to Detaile Recipe and Parameter Logging

The manufacture of preserved food (in particular pressure canning in an autoclave or sterilizing) requires exact compliance with safety values to exclude life-threatening contamination (e.g., by Clostridium botulinum)[cite: 3].

• The members involved in production commit to meticulously adhere to the tested standard recipes and processing parameters (e.g., sterilization times, pressure and temperature values) provided on the platform[cite: 3].
• The parameters actually measured must be logged in detail during the production process and entered immediately into the batch tracking system via the webapp[cite: 3].

6. The Batch Tracking System (Batch Traceability)

6.1 Obligation to Record and Assign Batch IDs

Every food batch produced must be registered via the system provided on kalaka.is[cite: 3]. The system generates a unique batch ID for this purpose[cite: 3]. The producing members are obliged to attach this ID physically and in a clearly legible manner to the containers (e.g., labels on jars or bread bags)[cite: 3].

6.2 Behavior in Case of System Warnings and Batch Errors

Should it turn out after a production that an error has occurred (e.g., deviation in the sterilization parameters, contamination of an ingredient), the producing member or the Event Host is obliged to immediately mark this batch as faulty in the system[cite: 3].

• The system then automatically notifies all recipients of this batch ID[cite: 3].
• The recipients commit to immediately dispose of the affected food upon receipt of such a warning and under no circumstances to consume it[cite: 3].

7. Disclaimer of the Platform Operator

7.1 Exclusion for Physical Processes and Food Quality

Since the Operator (151 CONCEPTS) acts exclusively as a technical service provider and has no influence on the actual processes, compliance with hygiene standards, the quality of ingredients, or the correct operation of equipment in the private kitchens on site, any liability of the Operator for physical damage is excluded[cite: 3].

• The Operator is not liable for accidents, injuries, or property damage that occur during production events in the kitchens of the Event Hosts[cite: 3].
• The Operator assumes no liability for health damage, illness (e.g., food poisoning), or allergic reactions resulting from the consumption of food coordinated via the platform or produced according to recipes on the platform[cite: 3].

7.2 Liability for Digital Content

The recipes, video instructions, and hygiene recommendations provided on the platform have been compiled to the best of our knowledge and belief[cite: 3]. However, the Operator assumes no guarantee for the success of the recipes, the actual shelf life of the products generated therewith, or the error-free nature of the software provided[cite: 3]. The use of the information provided is at the user’s own responsibility[cite: 3].

8. Intellectual Property & Confidentiality

8.1 Protection of Community Content

All content provided on kalaka.is, such as academy videos, standardized recipes, software codes, and training materials, is the intellectual property of the Operator or the community[cite: 3]. It may be used exclusively for personal and community, non-commercial purposes within the scope of the registered groups[cite: 3]. Any duplication, distribution, publication, or commercial sale of this content is prohibited without the written consent of the Operator[cite: 3].

8.2 Confidentiality of the Internal Area

The data, production schedules, and member lists in the protected dashboard of the platform are confidential[cite: 3]. Passing on internal information, documents from the starter set, or access data to non-members is strictly prohibited and will lead to exclusion from the platform[cite: 3].

9. Jurisdiction and Applicable Law

9.1 Applicable Law

These Terms of Use and the entire legal relationship between the users, the group members among themselves, and the Operator are subject to the law of Hungary[cite: 3].

9.2 Jurisdiction

To the extent permitted by law, the place of jurisdiction for all disputes arising from the use of the platform or participation in the activities of the community is the registered office of the Operator (Báta, Hungary)[cite: 3].

10. User Declaration of Consent

By clicking “I agree to the Terms of Use” during registration and by your handwritten signature on the physical document with the Spájz-Master, you confirm that you have read and understood these terms completely and recognize the obligations, disclaimers, and mutual release contained therein as binding[cite: 3].