Originally Posted by
maninblack
I disagree.
We at CBP have to do random survey based on a time interval. The agriculture officers call it something different than the customs officers at baggage claim.
Willing to bet my next paycheck that because the word "survey" was used by an officer, the OP was referred for a A/S. Agriculture Survey, based purely on it being that time of the day.
Welcome to FT.
I have been selected for those kind of surveys a couple of times but the baggage search for the Taiwan-New York passenger doesn't sound like it had been like what I have experienced with those surveys.