China media train fire on US food giants over chicken scare

SHANGHAI, Jan 18: Just weeks after Chinese authorities cleared Yum Brands Inc and McDonald’s Corp of charges they had served chicken laced with excessive chemicals, local media are again attacking the iconic American firms, while barely reporting on the chances of Chinese restaurants selling similar meat. The official Shanghai Daily, citing a report from the central government’s news portal china.Com.Cn, said yesterday one of China’s largest suppliers to McDonald’s and Yum’s KFC and had bought sick chicken from farms and sold them to the food outlets – a claim a local government in the central province of Henan said was untrue after a preliminary investigation. (agencies)