Originally Posted by
svhar
Where I live all fruit is imported. You can take an apple from Sweden to Denmark or Spain and nobody cares. What is the problem in the USA?
Well although I'm on record here as being somewhat sympathetic to the woman's outcome, I do live in an area that produces the 2/3 of the US apple supply. Along with cherries and loads of other fruit. The potential harm from outside fruit entering a fruit-growing area is enormous. Here we have strict controls to avoid the apple maggot fly. Asian countries have specific requirements on how American fruit is treated before allowing it into their countries. All very necessary.
My argument in this case is that the agent could have simply confiscated the apple, told the woman why, and moved on to a more significant issue. But no, everyone had to get their shorts in a bunch over this one.