If you are traveling during Thanksgiving, You may want to pack your patient’s pants.
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) expects the Tuesday and Wednesday before Thanksgiving and the Sunday after the holiday to be its busiest travel days, with record passenger volumes. but, If you plan to bring turkey and all the trimmings Get through airport security, we’re warning you!
Get ready for the busy holiday travel season! this TSA An estimated 18.3 million people are expected to be screened from Tuesday 26 November to Monday 2 December. Compared with the same period last year, sales increased by approximately 6%. Since 2022, passenger traffic has increased by 17% overall.
But it’s not just the crowds that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is warning travelers about! If you plan on carrying Thanksgiving or other food items through the airport, there are some important things to remember. Most food items can pass through TSA checkpoints, but certain items need to be transported in checked baggage.
According to Transportation Security Administration (TSA) regulations, solid items can pass through checkpoints. However, if you can spill, spread, spray, pump, or pour it, and it holds more than 3.4 ounces, you should put it in your checked baggage.
If you are bringing food, you should also plan for some additional screening time. When packing, make sure to keep all food items in an easily accessible location in your carry-on luggage. This way, you can more easily remove these items from the bag before placing them in the bin for inspection.
If you’re still worried, here’s a handy checklist direct from the TSA that might help.
Thanksgiving foods you can bring through TSA checkpoints:
- Baked Goods. Homemade or store-bought pies, cakes, cookies, brownies and other sweet treats.
- meat. Turkey, chicken, ham, steak. Frozen, cooked or uncooked.
filling. Cooked, raw, in boxes or bags. - Casserole. Traditional green beans and onion straws or something more exotic.
- Macaroni cheese. Cook in a pan or bring ingredients to cook at your destination.
- Fresh vegetables. Potatoes, yams, broccoli, green beans, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, beets, radishes, carrots, squash, vegetables.
- Fresh fruit. Apples, pears, pineapples, lemons, limes, cranberries, blueberries, strawberries, bananas, kiwis.
- candy.
- spices.
Thanksgiving foods that should be carefully packed with checked luggage:
- Cranberry Sauce. Spreads can be made either homemade or canned, so check them out.
- Gravy. Make your own or in a jar.
- Wine, champagne, cider.
- Canned fruits or vegetables. There is liquid in the jar, so check it.
- Preserves, jams and jellies. They are contagious, so it’s best to check.
- Maple syrup.
Keep this in mind when traveling this holiday season! You don’t want to end up having to throw away something you worked so hard on because you forgot the rules.
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