Not apples, but liquid. A few years ago I flew into Atlanta. During the flight I helped with a sick passenger and on disembarking the steward gave me a bottle of wine as a thank-you. When I went through customs (I suppose it was) they confiscated the bottle as I was not allowed to import liquid, just as I could not board an aircraft carrying liquid, as we all know. But there was no explanation as to why I could not take my bottle in with me. The only possibility the agent offered was for me to go airside again, find my suitcase, put the bottle in it and then do the whole clearance again.
Can anyone explain that?
Laurence