Del Monte online forums are intended to foster an open and safe community for those interested in foods and better health to share, learn, and interact. In order to best facilitate this community, we ask that you keep in mind the following guidelines as you contribute your thoughts, questions, and comments. Forum moderators may hide or edit comments that are deemed inappropriate for the topic at hand or Del Monte online forums in general.

1. Keep comments on-topic, that is, they should speak to the original forum entry, article, recipe, or a previous comment, and so forth. Postings that are off-topic will be removed.
   If you have a question or comment regarding Del Monte forums, email the forum moderators.
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2. Be nice. Remember that Del Monte websites and forums are intended to be family-friendly. Offensive language, inappropriate sexual references or media, discussion of illegal activities, and ad hominem attacks are a few of the forum behaviors that will likely result in comments being hidden from public view.
3. Be aware of privacy concerns. Understand that it is generally not safe to divulge personal information such as phone numbers or bank accounts in a public forum. Your comments will be online for the entire world to see. Likewise, be mindful of the privacy of others, and do not impersonate anyone else.
4. Use common sense. While Del Monte forums may discuss health issues, they are not intended to replace the advice of your own doctor. Use good judgment when choosing a course of action that may affect your personal health. Keep in mind that other people commenting in these forums may misrepresent their own expertise in such matters.
5. Do not spam. Del Monte online forums are intended for real people with unique thoughts and concerns to openly participate in food and health-related discussions. Comments whereby their primary purpose appears to be to generate traffic to an outside website will be hidden. Auto-generated comments will be hidden. Duplicate comments will be hidden.
6. Do not post copyrighted materials unless you have explicit permission or otherwise have rights to do so.
7. Age. You must be over the age of 18 to participate in a Del Monte Forum.
8. Disclaimer. Del Monte Online Forums are forums for the exchange of ideas among our consumers. Del Monte is not responsible for the content of postings made by consumers and such views do not necessarily represent the views of Del Monte Foods, its employees, agencies or affiliates. By participating in a Del Monte Online Forum you agree to accept and follow these Guidelines.

Del Monte Foods reserves the right to modify, amend or terminate these Guidelines at any time. The interpretation of these Guidelines shall be within the sole discretion of Del Monte Foods.