Yum's chicken suppliers fell off company's radar
By Xu Chi |
January 26, 2013, Saturday
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FAST food giant Yum Brands Inc, owner of KFC and Pizza Hut, lacked supervision over its suppliers and its raw chicken had excess residue of veterinary drugs, authorities said in a report yesterday.
Officials said they had established a case to further investigate the suppliers responsible for what the chicken were fed.
The report by the Shanghai food safety office comes a month after exposure of the "instant chicken" scandal, where birds were fed chemicals and 18 kinds of antibiotics to keep them alive and speed their growth.
An announcement on KFC's website said Yum Brands had destroyed batches of raw chicken suspected of being contaminated with an antiviral medicine, amantadine, which can affect the central nervous system.
The food safety office said they had ordered Yum Brands to make a number of changes, including improving testing procedures to prevent problem food entering its stores before test results are known.
On January 10, Yum Brands apologized for the scandal and conceded it hadn't reported excessive antibiotics detected in samples to the authorities.
It said it had found faults in food testing procedures, and a lack of communication inside the company and with the public.
It promised to improve procedures and require suppliers to complete testing before delivering products.
It also promised it would strengthen communication with the local government and report problems in time.
Officials said they had established a case to further investigate the suppliers responsible for what the chicken were fed.
The report by the Shanghai food safety office comes a month after exposure of the "instant chicken" scandal, where birds were fed chemicals and 18 kinds of antibiotics to keep them alive and speed their growth.
An announcement on KFC's website said Yum Brands had destroyed batches of raw chicken suspected of being contaminated with an antiviral medicine, amantadine, which can affect the central nervous system.
The food safety office said they had ordered Yum Brands to make a number of changes, including improving testing procedures to prevent problem food entering its stores before test results are known.
On January 10, Yum Brands apologized for the scandal and conceded it hadn't reported excessive antibiotics detected in samples to the authorities.
It said it had found faults in food testing procedures, and a lack of communication inside the company and with the public.
It promised to improve procedures and require suppliers to complete testing before delivering products.
It also promised it would strengthen communication with the local government and report problems in time.
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