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Old Aug 28, 2019 | 7:58 am
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Originally Posted by TexasKaren
I remember back in the late 70s, or early 80s, flying back from the UK into San Francisco. My mom had a tomato in her bag and it was found by US Customs at SFO. The customs officer flipped a switch and a red light started flashing. Another guy came over and took my mom's tomato away. It was quite an interesting scene with the red light going off. Felt like we'd been caught with a gun or something. Lol.

per this case it was a vegetable but I don’t know how the law has evolved since then. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nix_v._Hedden
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