The ban, which also applies to breeding stock, including live chicks and hatching eggs, comes as a response to a December detection of a highly pathogenic strain of H5N8 influenza in wild birds and in guinea hens and chickens in Oregon, as well as the discovery of another strain in California and Washington State. All of these cases were confirmed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), The Wall Street Journal reported. The agricultural department has also confirmed the Chinese ban, according to Reuters. 

Meanwhile, industry experts have criticized China’s move as commercial poultry in the U.S. has not been affected by any of the reported viruses. The USDA has also reportedly confirmed that no human cases, involving the strains, have been detected in the U.S. or Canada.

“This move is somewhat hypocritical as there have been zero findings of high pathogenic avian influenza in a commercial poultry flock in the U.S. and, China already has a variety of avian influenza strains,” Brett Stuart, CEO of Global AgriTrends in Denver, Colorado, told Reuters.

“Since the ban also includes U.S. breeding stock, China is cutting off its industry’s main source of hatching eggs and chicks, which will curtail the industry’s ability to replenish and maintain its production,” Sumner said.

Burgermeister I would say if we can't sell them prices will drop some but over there chicken products will raise in price