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Company NewsRichmond company fined for importing protected plantsA Richmond company has been fined $10,000 after pleading guilty to importing a protected species of flora.Environment Canada's enforcement branch intercepted a commercial shipment of medicinal herbs in April 2008 to Topwin Trading Company Ltd., one of B.C.'s largest importers of traditional Chinese medicine, after suspecting it contained plant material derived from an endangered or threatened wildlife species. Inside, agents found a 25-kilogram carton of the plant species Nardostachys grandiflora, also known as Indian Spikenard.The plant, commonly used in dried form as a medicinal herb to cure insomnia and minor pain, is listed as a protected species of flora under the Convention on International Trade and Endangered Species. CITES sets controls, through a permit system, on the international trade and movement of plant and animal species that may be threatened due to excessive commercial exploitation.
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