premise: 1. A party to this Agreement receiving Confidential Information “Recipient” agrees to retain such Confidential Information in stricte confidence and not to disclose it to any third party or use such Confidential Information for any purpose other than the purposes set forth in this Agreement.  “Confidential Information” shall mean information related to the development of natural ingredients products including research, trade secrets, prototypes, formulas, processes, techniques, marketing programs, price information, product lists, technology, business plans, intellectual property and financial information, whether written or oral.  The Recipient will communicate such information only to such employees and contractors or agents who have a need to know such information, and only to such employees and contractors or agents having written agreements with the Recipient obligating them to keep such information confidential. The obligation of confidentiality and non-use shall not apply to information which: a) Information already in the receiving party’s possession at the time of disclosure; receiving parties trade secrets or experienced knowledge in processing and development of natural ingredients. b) At the time of disclosure is in the public domain or that subsequently becomes available to the general public other than as a consequence of a breach of this agreement; c) Information received by either party from a third party which, to the receiving party’s knowledge, was not under an obligation to maintain the confidentiality of the information and did not acquire such information from either Client or Company, or d) Is required by law to be disclosed. 2. Each party agrees that it will not, without the previous written consent of the other party, use or disclose to any person, firm, company, partnership or corporation, the Confidential Information of the other party.