Currently, the Russian Federation has a difficult economic situation on the meat market. The problems affecting the effective development of this market were especially aggravated in the context of the new coronavirus infection pandemic, and directly affected the food security of the Russian Federation. The authors of the article reviewed the meat products market at the turn of 2019 - 2020, and also presented two options for its development for the medium term - basic and crisis ones. In addition, barriers to the export of meat products to the world market have been identified and directions for their early overcoming have been proposed. The results obtained in the course of this study not only provide an answer to the question about the role of external interventions in the economy of the state, but may become the basis for thinking about the importance of careful planning of long-term studies to assess difficult-to-predict risks, such as a new coronavirus infection, in terms of concerning the food security of the state.