Doha • A leading fast food chain in Qatar, which is a franchisee of the Al Tezaj Fakeih Chicken based in Saudi Arabia says that their outlets were not hit by the ban on poultry products from Saudi Arabia, since they were no more using fresh chicken imported from the kingdom.

"For the past two years, we have been using fresh chicken produced in farms in Qatar. We are not facing any shortage of chicken due to the ban," a senior official of the company that runs the outlets told The Peninsula yesterday.

He was reacting to a report published by The Peninsula on November 18, in which it was stated that the fast food chain was exclusively using fresh chicken imported from Saudi Arabia. The report was incorrect, he said.