CDM-CYBER-DEFENSE-eMAGAZINE-March-2019

Software Should Come with a “Nutrition” Label
By Tae Jin "TJ" Kang, CEO, Insignary, Inc.
During the latter half of the 18 th Century and throughout the 19 th Century, the Industrial Revolution
fundamentally changed the geographical, political and commercial landscape in Europe and the
United States. Citizens that had previously lived in predominantly agrarian, rural societies found
themselves in living in urban and industrial ones.
This industrial and decidedly technological shift in the Western economies meant that people
became focused on creating, building and selling more specialized products and services. While
businesses produced a seemingly endless variety of higher quality products, the sheer amount of
choice engendered consumer confusion and some fraud.
By the start of the 20 th Century, consumers were often lied to in advertisements and the
composition of the food and medicine they were consuming was difficult to determine. In 1906,
the United States passed the Food and Drug Acts. Still in effect today, they prohibit interstate
commerce in misbranded and adulterated foods, drinks and drugs.
In 1990, the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act was passed. It required all packaged foods to
bear nutrition labeling and all health claims for foods to be consistent with terms defined by the
U.S. Government. As a result, the food ingredient panel, serving sizes and terms such as “low
fat” and “light” were standardized. It is almost inconceivable that a consumer would purchase a
product without this information today.