Originally Posted by
televisor
Just wondering: what kinds of experiences do people have when they declare food, and then also get an X (e.g. for fingerprint/admissibility/other reasons)? Does the immigration officer ever ask you about food? Does the customs officer ever ask you anything?
(I ask, because the GE receipt prints either an O, X, or nothing - but not both O and X in my experience. And the X override the O for obvious reasons since you're not admitted yet.)
I've had them ask me what it was and I said "M&Ms" and they said "which bag?" and I said that one, and they said "open the other one" so I had to open the other bag, and of course there were no M&Ms, nor any other food in it, and off I went. The longest delay was waiting for the dude to be available to do that.
As it encroached on my lounge time, I decided not to bring food any more.