California law now requires chain restaurants to put calorie counts on their menus and indoor menu boards. This makes California the first state to enact such a law.
Chains with 20 or more locations must post the information by 2011. Restaurants and drive-throughs will have to offer menus that provide information on the calories, saturated fat, carbohydrates and sodium in each item.
Restaurants that violate the rules could be fined $50 to $500.