Originally Posted by
sam007
I guess I'll have to put a tick mark next to it but hope they don't see it as me bringing live plants, etc and take me aside for further questioning potentially causing me to miss my flight. Any ideas on the the best approach to this? I wish they had a question that read "i'm not carrying any banned items" because I know how to answer that after reading the US customs what's permissible list
When filling out that form I generally write what food items I have next to the 'yes' check box (making sure to check the box if I have food items). Ex: 'Candy, bread, chocolate' This lets the CBP agent know you know what's allowed and what's not. They then generally ask me about the specific items. Often the immigration agent will cross out the 'yes' and circle 'no' and send me on my way to the customs agent telling me to just tick 'no' next time. I'm smart enough not to do that because if I've ticked 'no' and they subsequently find me with food I'll be in tr
uble.