In response to "Fast-growing Chicken", the Ministry of Agriculture said: crack down on the abuse of antibiotics to raise chickens

The Ministry of Agriculture has sent a team of experts to Shandong to investigate the "fast-growing chicken" incident, and has now closed the relevant chicken raising and processing enterprises, and strictly investigated the abuse of antibiotics and veterinary drugs.

This morning, at the press conference of the State Information Office, Bi Meijia, chief economist of the Ministry of Agriculture, revealed the above news.

Recently, some media reported that some chicken farms in Shandong Province illegally use antibiotics and hormones to raise broilers and supply fast food companies such as KFC.

In this regard, Bi Meijia, chief economist of the Ministry of Agriculture, said this morning that after the media exposure, the Ministry of Agriculture attached great importance to it and promptly instructed the relevant departments in Shandong to investigate and deal with it. On the same day, a group of experts was sent to Shandong, and now the relevant chicken raising and processing enterprises, including some chicken farmers, are being investigated and dealt with in full swing.

Bi Meijia said that once the results of the investigation on this issue are released, they will be released to the public in a timely manner.

"in the next step, we will further strengthen the supervision of the entire aquaculture industry and further improve the level of the aquaculture industry, especially to step up supervision and crackdown on chicken enterprises and chicken farmers who abuse antibiotics and veterinary drugs. Through our efforts up and down, to provide our consumers with qualified products. "

In addition, Bi Meijia said that the name "fast-growing chicken" is inappropriate, this breed is 42 days out of the column time, there are strict rules.

It is understood that in the process of raising broilers in Shandong, some farmers do not strictly enforce the provisions on the withdrawal period of antibiotics, or add illegal drugs. After some "fast-growing chickens" were handed over to the slaughterhouses of Shandong Liuhe Group and Yingtai Company, some of the "fast-growing chickens" were slaughtered without inspection and quarantine, and some products flowed into the Shanghai logistics center of Yum Restaurant Group. (source: legal Evening News reporter he Qing)