The Cantry
DRAFT — PENDING COUNSEL REVIEW. This document is a working draft prepared for attorney review. It has not been approved by counsel and is not yet in effect.

The Cantry · Legal

Assumption of Risk

Draft last updated: June 2026

By purchasing, downloading, or using The Cantry's products and website (the "Materials"), you acknowledge and agree to the following:

1. Home canning carries inherent risk

Home food preservation — including water-bath canning, pressure canning, pickling, and fermenting — involves inherent risks that cannot be fully eliminated, including burns, equipment failure, spoilage, and foodborne illness. Improperly processed food can cause serious illness or death, including botulism, which may be present without any visible sign, odor, or taste.

2. You are the operator

The Cantry provides educational and organizational materials only. You alone control your ingredients, equipment, kitchen conditions, altitude adjustments, and adherence to the published process. You agree that you are solely responsible for the preparation, processing, storage, and consumption of any food you preserve.

3. You agree to follow tested sources exactly

You agree to (a) use recipes published by recognized testing authorities (such as USDA, NCHFP, or your state Cooperative Extension service); (b) verify each recipe against the current version at its source before use; (c) follow the published process exactly, without substitutions or modifications; and (d) apply the altitude adjustments published for your elevation. You acknowledge that any deviation from a published, tested process can render it unsafe.

4. Voluntary assumption of risk

You voluntarily assume all risks arising from your home food preservation activities, whether or not those risks were foreseeable, and you release The Cantry, its owners, and its contributors from any liability for injury, illness, death, or property damage arising from your use of the Materials or from food you prepare, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

5. Conspicuous acknowledgment

You acknowledge that this Assumption of Risk was presented to you conspicuously, that you had the opportunity to read it before purchase, and that you accept it as a condition of using the Materials.

[COUNSEL: please review enforceability of the release in our home state and key consumer states; whether checkout-flow presentation (link near the buy button) is sufficiently conspicuous; and whether a click-wrap acknowledgment should be added at checkout.]