Ed wrote --
 
> I remember driving West on I-40 and as I crossed the State Line at Arizona there was a checkpoint where I was asked if we had any Fruit in the car.
> 
> I think it was Fruit I was asked about. Too long ago. Only a memory...

  Most likely.
  Insects like to lay eggs in fruit and this would keep invasive critters
out of the state.  At least that was what I was told once.
  Joe