Chickens allegedly raised on large quantities of hormones and other drugs have been supplied to fast-food restaurants. These drugs are banned by the banned by China’s Food and Drug Administration.The case has prompted a growing number of Chinese consumers to question the safety of food production.

You’d be forgiven for feeling sick after hearing how these chickens were raised at one farm in Gaomi city, Shandong Province.

Hormones, antibiotics and anti-viral drugs, were all fed to the chickens to counteract the unsanitary conditions in their cages.

The owner of the farm says he gave the chickens at least 18 kinds of antibiotics. Within just 40 days, they could grow to weigh up to 3 kilograms.

China’s poultry-raising regulations state that chickens cannot be given drugs at least one week before being slaughtered.

However, the rules are not always followed.

Mr. Zhu, chicken farm worker, said, "The chickens will die within three to five days in the crowded chicken houses if they are not given antibiotics."

To make matters worse, the chickens are sometimes fed with drugs banned by China’s Food and Drug Administration.

In this case, local farmers sold their chickens to the Shandong Liuhe Group, a supplier for the fast-food giant KFC.

Without any kind of safety checks, the chickens were processed and sent to restaurants.

How are chickens inspected before they are killed?

We usually don’t check them.

The Shanghai Food and Drug Administration says it has taken 32 samples of raw chicken products from a logistics center belonging to KFC’s parent company, the Yum Brands Incorporation. Results are expected at the earliest, on Thursday.

KFC’s Chinese subsidiary pledged on Tuesday to work with authorities. It’s hoped the investigation will help prevent poultry injected with drugs and hormones from making it on to Chinese dinner tables in the future.

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