China closes chicken farm supplying KFC, McDonald's after chemicals report

Food safety authorities have shut down two chicken farms in eastern China, including one that supplied Yum Brands’s KFC and McDonald’s, the official Shanghai Daily reported on Thursday.

The closures come after a report by state television earlier this week that some poultry suppliers in Shandong province had accelerated the growth of chickens by using chemical-laced feed.

The two slaughterhouses in Shandong have been ordered to halt production and seal all raw chicken products until samples can be tested, the newspaper said.

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