Riyadh, 24 Sha'ban,1437 AH, 31 May,2016 , SPA -- The Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture has temporarily banned the import of hatching eggs and chicks from Emilia Romagna region of the Republic of Italy because of the high-pathogenic avian flu. The Director General of Animal and Plant Quarantine Department, Dr. Osama bin Abdullah Al-Saleh said the ban was based on the warning bulletin from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) on infection High-pathogenic bird flu disease. -- SPA 15:59 LOCAL TIME 12:59 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w