For years we've always made a packed lunch to take on the plane with us from Canada down to the US, with stop overs enroute. 12th December this year daughter and fiance were questioned as usual at immigration and as per usual had ticked NO to all the declaration questions. US Immigration officer asked them specifically this time if they had any sandwiches/food to eat, which they did, and were informed that if they were searched and these were found they'd be fined up to $250. Even though they didn't confiscate them, the guy shook them up a bit over it.
Never been issue in the past but I guess moving forward now .......
