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Chicken Fed Illegal Drugs Sent to Fast Food Chains

Chicken Fed Illegal Drugs Sent to Fast Food Chains

Test result

12 Dec, 2012

Excessive amounts of antibiotics were found in eight batches of raw chicken samples taken from KFC supplier Shandong Liuhe Group from 2010 to 2011, the Shanghai Food Safety Office said in a statement on Thursday.

In 2005, the Shanghai Institute for Food and Drug Control signed a contract with the China division of Yum Brands in Shanghai, which owns KFC, to provide third-party testing services for its raw materials and semi-finished products, the statement said.

From 2010 to 2011, a total of 19 batches of raw chicken samples from the Liuhe Group were tested, and eight of them were found to contain excessive amounts of antibiotics. All the testing reports were sent to Yum Brands.

In an e-mail reply to China Daily, KFC said it strictly implements the country's regulations regarding raw material purchases, and has evaluated the qualification of suppliers, and sent samples to qualified third-party bodies for testing.

KFC's e-mail added that in 2010, excessive amounts of antibiotics were found in raw chicken supplied by the Liuhe Group and Yingtai Co, and that KFC sent back the raw chicken to the suppliers and required them to rectify the situation.

In 2011, KFC withdrew the qualification of Liuhe's Linyi factory to supply raw chicken. In 2012, considering the safety risk, KFC also terminated the supply contract with the Liuhe Group, it said.

资源：  http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/epaper/2012-12/21/content_16039261.htm

CCTV report says KFC chickens are being fattened with illegal drugs

Birds also made to eat non-stop so they grow faster and fed 18 types of antibiotics

December 31, 2012

“Next time I get sick, I’m going to KFC.  Get my antibiotic fix from their chicken – save me a trip to the hospital!”This joke has been circulating on China’s Weibo blogging network recently since CCTV – the leading national broadcaster – criticized its chain for overdosing its chickens with toxic chemicals.

After publishing the story “Too Fast Food: Behind the Scene of YUM! Brand China Slump,” on 12/6/12, further research has been conducted to verify concerns raised in that article.  It seems that the chicken safety issue is merely the tip of the iceberg that is KFC China’s slump. Economic slow down, rising competition in fast food, an unusually harsh winter, and most importantly, a change in consumer behavior, collectively are causing a sharp decline in same store sales growth for KFC in China. Based on fact-finding, it is clear now that KFC China’s organic growth has unfortunately come to an end.  By shifting its China strategy from saturated coastal cities to much less populated inner provinces with significantly lower average disposable income levels, KFC China is signaling that its prime period is over.

Resource: http://www.forbes.com/sites/junhli/2012/12/31/humpty-yumpty-kfcs-on-the-great-wall/

Chicken Fed Illegal Drugs Sent to Fast Food Chains

Antibiotics-filled chickens supplied to fast food restaurants like KFC HINA

Antibiotics-filled chickens supplied to fast food restaurants like KFC HINA

Latest food scare: Shandong KFC supplier found 'using toxic chicken feed'

20 Dec 2012

Shanghai's municipal food safety administration said Wednesday it is testing samples of raw chicken from a KFC supplier over public concerns about excessive amounts of antibiotics. The Shanghai Food and Drug Administration (Shanghai FDA) said the test results will be released Thursday at the earliest. China Central Television reported earlier this week that some poultry farmers in east China's Shandong Province have given their chickens excessive amounts of antibiotics, including amantadine and ribavirin, to help them survive in overcrowded chicken houses.

KFC on Tuesday said it stopped buying raw chicken from Shandong Liuhe Group in August. The company said it uses its own criteria to test raw chicken supplies for drug residue and it checks its suppliers' feed and drug records annually. 

China's regulations on raising poultry state that chickens may not be given drugs within one week of being slaughtered.  However, poultry farmers in Shandong told reporters that without antibiotics, their chickens could die within two days in overcrowded chicken houses. 

Late on Wednesday, the animal husbandry and veterinary bureau of Shandong Province issued the findings of four investigation teams dispatched by the bureau to the cities of Qingdao, Weifang, Linyi and Zaozhuang on Tuesday. Several chicken farms, including a farm belonging to Yingtai Co., had been under investigation, according to the bureau.  Relevant people responsible for these farms have been detained by police or are under further investigation, it said. Two slaughterhouses of Shandong Liuhe Group and Yingtai Co. have been ordered to halt production, and all the raw chicken products in the slaughterhouses have been sealed until samples can be tested, according to the bureau.  The bureau also said Wednesday that it will launch supervision over the usage of veterinary medicine across the province.

Resource:http://www.whatsonningbo.com/news-12159-latest-food-scare-shandong-kfc-supplier-found-using-toxic-chicken-feed.html

Chinese KFC supplier accused of using toxic additives

Chinese KFC supplier accused of using toxic additives

27 Nov, 2012

Beijing: A Chinese supplier to popular US fast food chain KFC has been accused of lacing chicken feed with huge amounts of toxic additives to make chicken grow faster, media reports have said. 

The reports emerged last week alleging that the Suhai Group adds toxic industrial chemicals to chicken feed to make the chicken grow faster --45 days for a chicken to grow big enough for slaughter. 

Reports said that the chicken feed Suhai prepared was so toxic that it could even kill flies. 

The Suhai Group, based in north China's Shanxi Province, said in a statement that its chicken meat "does not have problems" and samples are being sent to the provincial quarantine agency for testing. 

The latest reports, though not yet verified, have sparked public fear. 

According to Suhai's website, the company raises 120 million chickens annually. 

It also says it is a supplier to major fast food chains like KFC, airlines and colleges across the country and exports to Saudi Arabia, Japan, the Republic of Korea and South Africa. 

McDonald's in China said earlier that Suhai is not among its suppliers, while Kentucky Fried Chicken's China stores said Suhai's products make up one per cent of the chicken the fast food chain uses. 

Resource: http://zeenews.india.com/news/world/chinese-kfc-supplier-accused-of-using-toxic-additives_813242.html

Issue identification

The problem identification is about KFC using toxic chicken feed in China. In order to make chicken grow faster and reduce illness. According to Chinese news and media report, KFC supplier was founded that they had given at least eighteen kinds of antibiotics to KFC chickens and chickens also made to ate non-stop. This chicken feed made chickens growing from 30 grams to 3.5kg in just 45 days. The claims, which quickly spread online, tapped into widespread consumer fright in China over food safety.

Chinese KFC Chicken Supplier in Feed Scandal

Chinese KFC Chicken Supplier in Feed Scandal

November 28, 2012

KFC Chickens in China are being fed chemicals that are so toxic it even kills the flies that buzz around it, according to reports in the Chinese press.

A Chinese poultry supplier to fast food chain KFC was discovered to have accelerated the growth of chickens using the harmful “instant chicken” chemical feed, sparking food safety concerns, according to a recent report.

“The feed has been laced with chemicals and additives,” a worker with the Shanxi Province-based Suhai Group told China Economic Net in a report last week. “We don’t know exactly what it is, but it is definitely harmful. Even flies that buzzed around the toxic feed died.” “Young people don’t dare to work here,” he said.

Suhai Group raises the chickens on feed that contain additives that speed up their growth cycle to 45 days. The report indicated that there were three types of chicken feed that contained additives that affect chickens’ bone development, provide extra nutrition, and allow the poultry to gain two to three ounces in weight daily over 10 days, according to the China Economic Net.

The chicken feed scandal prompted the Chinese public to express concerns over food safety.

(A Chinese farmer collect eggs at a chicken farm in Hefei in eastern China's Anhui province in November 2009).

Resource: http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/china-news/chinese-kfc-chicken-supplier-in-feed-scandal-319725.html