Originally Posted by
arlflyer
The officer actually used this specific example when talking to me. And the intro video shows a man's luggage being searched and found to contain apples (as an example of a violation). They must be being lobbied hard by the domestic apple industry...
The apple has long symbolized the "forbidden fruit". All the way back to the story of Adam and Eve, and including Snow White. That the CBP uses the apple as a symbol is really no surprise.