Originally Posted by
Repooc17
https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/fi...info-guide.pdf
5. You must declare any fruits, vegetables, plants, insects, meats or meat products, dairy products, animals or animals/wildlife products, disease agents, cell cultures, snails, or soil. If you have visited a farm/ranch/pasture outside the United States, please let the CBP officer know.
No broad category of FOOD.
That pamphlet was published in 2013.
The GE kiosks, at least the ones that I've used at LAX, JFK and MIA in the past two years or so, do list the catchall "food" category in addition to all the other specific items.