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Your Sugar Bomb May Get Extra Scrutiny at the Airport: TSA Agents Ask Some Travelers to Remove Snacks from Carry-Ons
You’ve taken off your shoes and removed your laptop from your carry-on bag to go through airport security screening.
You candy bar may be next.
Although it’s okay to board an airplane with food, some Transportation Security Administration agents have been asking travelers to remove their food from carry-on bags at checkpoints before putting them on the conveyor belt. Signs have also appeared at some TSA checkpoints directing people to remove snacks before screening.
It’s apparently a recommendation, however, not a requirement, and part of a new policy that is not really a policy — or at least not a uniform one. Whatever it is, it’s left peckish travelers feeling a little peeved, as USAToday and others have reported. ...more
https://inhomelandsecurity.com/your...nacks-from-carry-ons&utm_campaign=20180329IHS
You’ve taken off your shoes and removed your laptop from your carry-on bag to go through airport security screening.
You candy bar may be next.
Although it’s okay to board an airplane with food, some Transportation Security Administration agents have been asking travelers to remove their food from carry-on bags at checkpoints before putting them on the conveyor belt. Signs have also appeared at some TSA checkpoints directing people to remove snacks before screening.
It’s apparently a recommendation, however, not a requirement, and part of a new policy that is not really a policy — or at least not a uniform one. Whatever it is, it’s left peckish travelers feeling a little peeved, as USAToday and others have reported. ...more
https://inhomelandsecurity.com/your...nacks-from-carry-ons&utm_campaign=20180329IHS