But if it’s seized, you can simply do the QC checks. All in all, it was a shameful waste of zucchini and eggplant.
I guess they could have just sent it back and let them do what they will with it, but I suspect the handling of illicit goods simply goes down a different path.
It could be blind bureaucratic stupidity, but it might also be standard procedure. I don’t know enough about how they do that, especially over there.