Inflight snack fine at US border

The forbidden fruit strikes again. After getting Adam and Eve in trouble a couple of years back, it now got Crystal Tadlock in a serious predicament with US customs.

On a flight from Paris to the US, Tadlock was given an apple to snack on by Delta Air Lines’ inflight crew. Because she was not hungry, the traveler put the fruit in her carry-on bag thinking she would snack on it on her connecting flight from Minneapolis to Denver.

Although you’re usually allowed to transport food in an airplane, you are not always authorized to leave the airplane with it. Indeed, some countries (US included) have very strict laws about bringing food across their borders for fear that they may spread plant pests and foreign animal diseases.

Apples, unfortunately for Tadlock who was allegedly unaware of this rule, is one of the food items that are forbidden to cross the US border.

False. I did not enjoy the apple. Instead I received a $500 violation, had my global entry revoked (first time I’ve used it) AND I will be searched on every flight for the rest of my life