CHICAGO – Last week, Chicago Alderman Ed Burke introduced a proposal aimed at quickservice restaurants that would require restaurants with at least $10 million in annual sales to list the calories, sodium and saturated fat content of menu item, Nation’s Restaurant News reports.

The labeling law would be even stricter than the one approved earlier this month in New York. In early December, New York restricted the use of artificial trans fat in restaurants and required restaurants to display calorie counts on menu boards.

Burke told the Chicago media that his proposal is designed to protect children. The proposed law would also require the type font used for conveying menu item content to be at least as large as the font used for the menu item and its price. This fall, he also submitted a proposal to ban artificial trans fats, which is still in committee.

The Illinois Restaurant Association called the proposal “unworkable.”