An apple a day keeps the doctor away – very badly the fruits do not have the same effect on the TSA safety dogs.
Dina, a travel influencer, was temporarily arrested by customs officials and US borders and at risk of being hit with over $ 800 in Fins after a K9 police pointed its undeclared production.
â € œDonâ do not make this mistake! â € € € dina, From North Carolina, in the Caption of Her CaUTIONARY ICT -Lip with Over 777,000 Views. “I was standing there waiting for my luggage, and a customs officer and border control came to me, saying K9 was smelling food and asking me if I had anything.”
â € œshootâ € ¦ I forgot that I had an apple on me by Amsterdam that I had to declare at customs, â € wrote pro Globetrotter with the global entry entry entered
“They took my passport and passed through all my bags,” Dina was mourned.
She claims that the officers told her that if she was to lie Apple, she would have collided with a $ 300 penalty, as well as an additional $ 500 fee for breaking the airport directions as a global entrance traveler.
So if you are renting snacking in a fresh good, juicy before an international flight, you will be wrong, Paul.
“The United States restricts or prohibits the introduction of many agricultural products, which can carry pests and foreign diseases that damage American agriculture and our environment,” from the latest report by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
â € œ Traverlers Introduction The United States should give all agricultural or wildlife products for customs officers and border protection in the US, the authorities advised. “You also have to tell them if you visit a farm or have been in contact with animals before traveling to the United States.â €
Customs and border defenses echo similar feelings on its site.
Power that encourages aircraft planes to declare fruits and vegetables, plants and flowers cut, meat and animal products and live animals before passing through security checkpoints.
“Prohibited prohibited agricultural items will be confiscated and may result in the issue of a civil sentence for the traveler for not declare the prohibited item,” the agency warns.
Dylan oâ € ™ Byrne, a New Jersey locals now living in Nashville, learned how strict the government is about its foreign food rules when it was threatened with a fine of a banana to hold a banana through customs after a receptor.
Suri Steinberger, a mother of two, feared she would be handcuffed after the law enforcement of the airport was withdrawn on her to pack an apple, tomato and three cucumbers in lunch bags for her children for a flight from Israel to Newark, Nj.
Instead of being thrown in prison for crime, the mother was hit with $ 300 in the end.
Fortunately, Dina was allowed to hit with nothing more than a fierce warning.
However, to help her frequent leaflets to avoid great damage, she offered a word-in-wise advice to the online audience.
â € œ Be sure you will declare this upon arrival, “Dina written under her trend post, listing,” purchases over $ 800, “Cash including travelers controls over $ 10,000,” all legs, plants and animal products .â “”
â € u Limited full check [and] The list of prohibited items be safe at (http: // & nbsp; cbp.gov/) .â €
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