Originally Posted by
SkyTeam777
I’m just trying to decipher how CBP knows that vitamins/supplements are actually vitamins and not prescription. Like others, I have lots that I put into one central container so as not to carry a half dozen vitamin bottles. I can just see some power hungry agents having a fit over that even tho they aren’t prescription medications. I do carry my prescription medications in the original bottles tho.
I have no idea if the CBP uses the available tools, however, all approved prescription and over the counter pills in the U.S. are
required by the Food and Drug Administration to have an identifying imprint. Here are links to commonly used pill identifiers;
1,
2. There are plenty more such tools and even smartphone apps, some with image recognition capabilities.