Yum! Brands Inc， owner of the KFC fast-food chain， said fourth-quarter same-store sales fell more than projected in China as demand was hit by a government investigation into one of its former chicken suppliers．
Industry experts had predicted the negative impact of the probe， which is expected to be felt in the long term．
KFC sales in China in the last two weeks of December were affected by the release of the information associated with the probe into Chinese poultry （家禽） suppliers， the US company said．
China same-store sales fell by 6percent year-on-year in the fourth quarter， compared with a previous estimate （估计） for a decline of 4percent， the filing said．
Shanghai's food safety authority said that tests conducted by a third-party agency from 2010 to 2011 found that chicken supplied to the company by Liuhe Group Co contained too much antibiotics． Yum said it stopped all supplies from Liuhe in August 2012．
The revelation caused heated debate among Chinese consumers． The negative impact will stay for a long time for KFC， which relies heavily on domestic chicken suppliers， said Gao Jianfeng， general manager of the Shanghai-based Bogo Consultants．
With a huge number of restaurants demanding large quantities of chicken - the main substance on their menus - KFC won't be able to rebuild its supply chain in the short term， Gao said．
He added that food safety issues in the Chinese supply chain， from chicken to fodder （草料）， are widespread．
"No single company can preserve its reputation in such an industrial chain，" he said．
An increasing number of fast-food consumers have started to go to other Western chains such as McDonald's or Burger King， he said．
Zhao Ping， a researcher at the Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation， said that due to their rising income levels， an increasing number of Chinese people are paying more attention to healthy eating， bringing new attitudes toward foreign fast-food brands and reducing their trust and appreciation of those chains．



The underlined word "probe" in the 2nd paragraph probably means ______ ．

A. analysis
B. investigation
C. charge
D. decline

We can infer from the text that ______ ．

A. there are fewer chicken suppliers in China now
B. with more money Chinese people are turning to foreign fast-food
C. domestic chicken suppliers refuse to supply chicken to KFC
D. foreign fast-food brands are facing crisis of confidence

The best title of the passage would be ______ ．

A. Foreign food， safe food？
B. Business affected worse than expected
C. Foreign fast-food brands are more popular
D. KFC VS MacDonald's