I know all about not bringing fruit off the cruise ships, but what about bringing your own fruit onboard at embarkation? Hubby loves honeycrisp apples and is trying to eat healthy. The granny smith apples in the cabin fruit bowls are like rocks, he says. (For the record, I tried doing a search here and got nothing with "fruit" and "apple" just got me threads about using Apple computers while cruising.)
Yes, I know it's a crazy question, but if you love honeycrisps like he does - you
Security crew, while the ones to enforce the rules, are not necessarily trained in them. Bringing any food, other than factory sealed food, onboard a ship that calls at US ports, is a technical violation of USPH requirements. While it is true that the ship gets their fruit and produce from shore, it must come from verifiable and certified sources, which your apple may or may not be provable to be.