02.01.2013

The Shanghai Food and Drug Administration has launched an investigation into the levels of antibiotics in KFC chicken. KFC's problems in China began on December 18 when CCTV, the national broadcaster, aired allegations that poultry farms in north China supplying KFC had used excessive amounts of antibiotics and growth hormones. KFC admitted that excessive amounts of antibiotics had been found in raw chicken in 2010 from two of its suppliers and that it has now terminated a contract with Liuhe, one of China's biggest poultry companies.