Crickey you were lucky. I'm on the SA data base for a bendy old carrot and a couple of garlic cloves I'd forgotten I had in the fridge! Guess it depends who you get. Then the guy on the WA border checked my coleslaw had enough dressing on it or that would have been confiscated too!
Yes there are, but they are pretty lackadaisical about it all .. As in strolling up to your window asking you if you've got any fruit, then waving you straight on when you say no, even if you have a bag of bananas on your passenger seat. I can't remember ever having any of them actually check the car or boot, let alone luggage.