KFC concealed antibiotic excess

With regard to the fact that KFC antibiotics have exceeded the standards, people have been eagerly discussing. In fact, KFC had learned from the self-examination in 2010 and 2011 that the antibiotic content of chicken raw materials exceeded the standards. The self-inspection was commissioned by a third-party testing institute in Shanghai, and this batch of raw materials was coming from the Shandong Liuhe Group, which was bursting out with a lot of antibiotics and hormones to produce "fast-growing chicken."

After the detection of antibiotics exceeded, KFC did not immediately terminate the raw material supply contract with Shandong Liuhe Group. Instead, it was removed from the supplier list in August 2012. However, in the announcement made by KFC on December 18th, this section was vaguely called "Retaining weaknesses and staying strong," concealing the results of self-inspections to the public.

As of the afternoon of the 19th, Chen Min, Director of Quality Management of Yum! China’s Business Unit, continued to report to the media that “Liuhe’s performance was acceptable” and Yumsun stopped working with him. “Not because of the quality of raw materials, but because of the supplier’s service, price, The supply capacity and other factors influence."

Shanghai Municipal Government Information Office official Weibo stated on December 18 that after knowing that “Fast Chicken” had flowed into the Shanghai Logistics Center of Yum! Foods Group, Shanghai Food and Drug Administration organized its supervisors to conduct random inspections of their products and comprehensively check their sources. And self-inspection.

The person in charge of the Shanghai Food Safety Office responded to the newspaper and said that on the afternoon of the 19th, people had been sent to the testing station to collect evidence. On the morning of the 20th, the results of the report will be publicly disclosed to the newspaper. “This incident warns us to implement the responsibility of the main body of the company in the supervision of food safety. , advocate honest business, "said the person in charge.

This did not do the recall "August this year, KFC has ceased purchasing chicken raw materials from the forward supplier Liuhe Group." KFC said in the above statement. However, the statement did not mention KFC's prior investigation of chicken raw materials, that is, it has been learned that there is an important fact that the raw materials from Liuhe have exceeded antibiotic standards.

"According to laws and regulations, KFC has to announce this situation to the public immediately when it finds out that certain batches of raw materials and antibiotics have exceeded standards," Zheng Fengtian, a professor of food safety regulations and a professor at Renmin University of China, told this reporter.

According to the reporter’s inspection, both KFC and its parent company, Yum!, have not published the above-mentioned sampling results of antibiotics exceeding their standards since August this year. Reports from CCTV stated that on average, the six-month group will provide KFC with chicken products of approximately 40 tons to 50 tons each month.

Zheng Fengtian told the reporter that according to the "Food Recall Management Regulations" promulgated by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, KFC should take the initiative to conduct a food recall after discovering the problem of excessive raw material antibiotics, otherwise it will face administrative penalties.

“However, the specificity of the KFC case is that fried chicken foods are often eaten immediately after they are sold. When KFC finds problems during random inspections, most of the food in question has already been eaten, and there is no way to recall it. "Zheng Fengtian said, "But this does not become an excuse for KFC's failure to actively disclose relevant information after discovering the problem."

The "Food Recall Management Regulations" (hereinafter referred to as "provisions") published in 2007 show that "four conditions that may cause food contamination, foodborne diseases, or foods that are harmful to human health" are defined as unsafe foods. Food producers should immediately stop production and sales of unsafe food after confirming that the food is unsafe food that should be recalled. In addition, the "Regulations" also require food producers to implement such recall actions as notifying consumers to stop consuming unsafe food.

“Part of the batch of raw materials in the raw materials exceeded the standard, and KFC used this batch of raw materials for production, so the food produced should be considered unsafe food,” Zheng Fengtian said. “And KFC should follow the recall regulations. Release of relevant information."

However, the above “Regulations” did not provide for the supplier’s recall if the raw material failed.