Posted on 04/22/2018 7:21:23 PM PDT by Colonel Kangaroo
A Colorado woman is facing a $500 fine from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for saving a free apple she received as a snack from Delta Air Lines on her way back to the United States from Paris, France.
Crystal Tadlock told Fox 31 Denver, toward the end of her flight from Paris, flight attendants passed out apples in plastic bags as a snack. Tadlock put the fruit in her carry-on to save for when she was hungry during the second leg of her trip.
Once Tadlock arrived in the U.S., she went through Customs and her bag was chosen to be randomly searched, Fox 31 reported. Tadlock says a Customs agent pulled out the apple in the plastic bag with Delta’s logo on it.
When questioned about the snack, Tadlock explained she received the apple from the airline and asked if she could throw it away or eat it, Fox 31 reported. The Customs agent allegedly told her no and fined her $500 for carrying the undeclared fruit.
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But not apples.
GOVT forbade the apples.
“She wasn’t exactly smuggling agricultural goods.”
No, she was exactly smuggling an agricultural good.
Thank God they are protecting us from unauthorized fruit.
we need a civil war over an apple fine?
Don’t the feds have the death penalty option?
She, evidently, failed to read her I-94 card.
It’s good to be able to sleep soundly at night, isn’t it?
Later in the article: “...the innocent mistake could end up costing her bigger than just the $500 fine – she could also lose her Global Entry Status, which allows pre-approved, low-risk travelers to have expedited clearance into the U.S.”
You don’t want to mess with your Global Entry status. What a ridiculous situation.
The point is, the agent could have explained that it was illegal and let her get rid of it.
Instead, that prick of a human being imposed a $500 for an apple she got in flight from Delta.
Try flying into Orlando from Athens with a bag of oranges.
It is about protecting American agriculture.
toward the end of her flight from Paris, flight attendants passed out apples in plastic bags as a snack.
I guess Delta can bring fruit into the US....
She needs to call Delta and tell them that they need to fix this.
Be funny if the airline bought the fruit in the US. Who would have thought that airline dispensed fruit would have to be declared in the first place? Especially an American-flagged airline. This should go to the Supreme Court. Seriously.
How many of those apples were left on the plane after it landed. Did the airline have to declare the apples they didn’t dispense?
This whole thing stinks.
I once paid a nickel
For a Hershey Bar!
A Nickel!
The airline should have reminded, or not given the snack out so late.
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So the apple snacks that were eaten ...
Where are the cores ?
In the Delta trash, dumped in Denver, and to a landfill?
Better send the ag inspectors out there and dig them all up, and dust for prints! (And DNA, in this day and age.)
This is ridiculous.
and a dime for a 10 oz coke in a returnable bottle.
for an apple she got in flight from Delta.
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Was she in US airspace?
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