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Jul 29, 2010 | 1:44 pm

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Originally Posted by umimar

I got a big "A" on my customs declaration form for marking "no" for bringing any food when I was carrying 2 homemade sandwiches (no meat) for my 2nd flight since they don´t feed you at all.
The customs agent told me I should have marked "yes" and if what I was bringing was illegal (I assume he was referring to any ham/meat) I could get a $300 fine. I was sent to Agriculture screening and let me go but I know they typed something into their computer.

Does that mean that from now on I am going to be thoroughly screened every time I come back? Does anybody know if there are any repercussions?

Thanks.

Sounds like an "A" for agricultural inspection -- that's better than some of the other alternatives for having failed to appropriately declare something.

You may get flagged down a bit more in the relative near term for Ag inspections than you otherwise would have (if over-declaring rather than under-declaring/omitting), but what you did is nothing to worry about for the longer term.

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