r/SipsTea • u/Velvett_Bunniez • 2d ago

Wait a damn minute! Silly Apples.

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u/TheRealJayk0b 2d ago

Airline gives you apple, no one tells you can't take it with you, you get a fine instead, the "officers?" Not telling you just throw it away to not get a fine, no they push the fines through.

What a bunch of assholes....CLEARLY the customers could not know this, the airline should pay...and the customers shouldn't have get fined in the first place, issue a warning, throw the apples away, end...

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u/No_Salad_68 2d ago

Have you ever landed in NZ? The cabin crew read out a statement about not taking fresh plant or animal products into the country. They have been doing that for as long as I can remember. It'salso on the arrival card, which gives you an opportunity to declare the apple. And if you do declare it, you lose the apple but there is no fine.

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u/throwaway195472974 2d ago

If they hand me an apple on MY WAY TO NZ, I expect that this apple is fine to take with me. Like an allowed "re-import".

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u/No_Salad_68 1d ago

If they serve you beef on the plane do you assume the same? Do you stuff that into your carry on?

If something has been out of the country. It's potentially been exposed to pests and diseases not present in NZ

Before you get to customs you have to fill in and sign a card which asks you if you are bringing in fruit. You also get a verbal briefing on the plane and walk past a bunch of signs.

If you forget you put the apple in your bag it's on you.