<div dir="ltr"><div>This article doesn't state if the ginseng originated in North America or elsewhere or if it was cultivated or wild? Does anyone have any more information about it? American ginseng is cultivated in other countries.</div><div><br></div><div>Jeanine<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 8:30 AM De Angelis, Patricia <<a href="mailto:patricia_deangelis@fws.gov">patricia_deangelis@fws.gov</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<span style="margin:0px">Hong Kong authorities have seized 34 tonnes of American ginseng worth HK$47 million (US$6 million) and arrested seven people in what is by far the biggest-ever bust of its kind in the city.</span></div>
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Full article: <a>https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3083655/biggest-ginseng-seizure-hong-kong-history-nets-hk47</a></div>
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