Yum, McDonald's respond after China chicken report

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Dec. 19, 2012, 3:39 a.m. EST  

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 By Barbara Kollmeyer

 

MADRID (MarketWatch) -- Yum Brands Inc. YUM +0.67% and McDonald's Corp. MCD +0.51% said they're making efforts to ensure food safety after a report by China Central Television that those companies may have sold chicken that was tainted, according to media reports Wednesday. State broadcaster CCT reportedly said two suppliers -- Liuhe Group and Yingtai Food Group Co. -- provided chickens that may have been fed antibiotics and growth hormones, reports said. Yum reportedly said in an e-mailed statement that it takes "food safety very seriously," while McDonald's said on its Chinese microblog a day prior that all chicken used in restaurants is tested at a third-party laboratory. Yum stopped buying from Liuhe in August, Bloomberg reported, but a spokesperson for the company didn't respond to requests for comment on Yingtai.