Russian media reported on September 3, 8 large poultry export business in Thailand failed to resume export to China after the outbreak of COVID-19 epidemic. China is Thailand's second largest export market for poultry meat, and Thailand is also the fourth largest source of imports poultry products for China. The manager of the Thai Chicken Processing and Exporters Association said that where the COVID-19 epidemic broke out, the factory has already been disinfected and has resumed chicken exports to other countries. only China will make a decision after assessing the pandemic safety of all factories.

The Sars-Cov-2 may have been introduced into Wuhan from imported food, so China has strengthened its control of cold chain food. According to industry association statistics, Thailand exported 50,000 tons of chicken meat to China from January to July, a decrease of 7% from the same period in 2020. According to the Global Times, many Chinese restaurants refused to use imported poultry due to fear of contracting COVID-19.