According to one source, KFC's meat grade is a B-. This grade, given in 2017, accompanied the company's announcement that it would remove antibiotics important to human medicine from all of its chicken. This decision was particularly challenging due to serving chicken on the bone.
It's important to note that this "grade" isn't an official USDA grade, but more of a rating associated with a specific decision regarding antibiotic use. The USDA grades for poultry relate to the quality of the carcass itself (shape, defects, etc.) and not necessarily production practices.
Therefore, saying KFC meat has a definitive "grade" is an oversimplification. The B- rating mentioned is tied to a specific initiative regarding antibiotic use, not a universal quality score.
