Acute shortage of fresh chicken
The shortage of fresh chicken in Qatar following Saudi Arabia’s ban on export of poultry products more than two months ago has peaked.
“Fresh chicken products from the sole local supplier, Arab Qatari Company for Poultry Production, barely meets only about 25% of the requirement,” an official of a prominent retail outlet said yesterday.
One of the branches of the establishment received yesterday just 50 or 60 pieces of whole fresh chicken and they flew off the shelves in less than 10 minutes.
All that were left behind on the fresh chicken racks were less than 10 trays of thighs pieces, and that too at 9.45am. “These will also sell out within a few more minutes,” said an employee of the meat and poultry section of the outlet.
An elderly Arab lady customer could be heard complaining to the staff about the increasing shortage of fresh chicken. “I came so early to get some whole fresh chicken, but to no avail,” she said.
Another disappointed customer, an Asian expatriate, said for the second consecutive day he was returning without buying fresh chicken. “Yesterday, I had been to a big hypermarket in Gharafa around 1pm and all I could see were empty shelves in the fresh chicken section,” he said.
:) enjoy then
there is an Acute shortage and the only available fresh chicken is Al Saffa which is imported from Oman and costs QR 30 per kg!!
Stop blaming the chicken.. Blame the people.. Kill piglet
Of course i know that, How can they not cause food poisoning if you inject them with hormones and stuff em all into a small cage ?
Lol. You do realise that chicken is the leading cause of food poisoning don't you?
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/12/health/research/12cdc.html?_r=0
Just because they get easily sick does not necessarily mean they are not clean.. diseases can be spread through many means...even through the air you breathe, How much can a chicken do to keep the air clean. No wonder why all your chickens in your farm died, You had no clue what you were doing.
@krisp Chickens dont eat their own poop or their own dead baby chicks...
NO Shawarma thn :(
I will miss turkish rest.
Without someone telling us what to think? We could always try thinking for ourselves... or just read the Gulf Times instead.
What would we do without the Peninsula ..
Chicken shortage? Don't be crazy! I read this in the newspaper so I have to believe it:
DOHA: Saudi Arabia’s decision to ban the export of fresh as well as frozen chicken is unlikely to push the prices of white meat up in Qatar, say market sources.
Qatar’s largest poultry firm, Qatar-Arabian Poultry Company, told The Peninsula yesterday they were meeting at least 90 percent of local requirements for fresh chicken.
“And the remaining 10 percent market need is being met by smaller local poultry firms,” sales director of the company, Mohamed Al Dassooghi, said. “So there are no shortages.”
http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/latest-news/209940-new-infectious-diseases-hospital-to-open-in-doha-by-2014.html
my family farming chicken. we knew that chicken are easily get sick and whole farm will be exterminated within no time. if you have 2000 chickens in your farm and you bring just 1 more chicken without good observation it first, you may lost whole chicken in your the farm within 3 days. so, I think chicken are not cleaner than pig.
then u have mutton and beef which is more unhealthy :)
hmmm chicken is not good for health , if not available :-)
if the story of the cow farm is anything to go by, then i would auggest turning to frozen chicken ..
They need to invest in Chicken Farms here!