date:Jan 05, 2013
Global operator of Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and KFC chains, Yum! Brands has terminated its procurement deal with China-based poultry supplier Shandong Liuhe on account of being sold chickens with excessive antibiotic residues.
The decision follows a report from the Shanghai Food Safety Office which said that the company had tested positive for excessive antibiotics in eight of the 19 batches of raw chicken samples.
State-broadcaster China Central Television had earlier reported that Liuhe and othe