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Re:Why Does a Plastic-Wrapped Turkey Sandwich Cost $15 at th... by noirbot on Saturday April 15, 2023 @07:06PM (#35585548)
I've definitely put an entire pizza in a box through the scanner before and had no questions or pushback. If anything I've had more questions when I've flown with packaged food.

Foods I've flown with:

Apples

Two sub sandwiches

100 fresh tortillas

An entire 20lb uncooked brisket

3 loaves of bread

A frozen 8lb pork roast

I'm pretty surprised they're ok with frozen stuff, but yea, never had any issues bringing entire bags full of food, raw or prepared, packaged or not.

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Re:Why Does a Plastic-Wrapped Turkey Sandwich Cost $15 at th... by criddell on Saturday April 15, 2023 @09:49PM (#35586514)
> they’re ok with frozen stuff

You can’t take a big jug of water through security unless it’s frozen because the rule prohibits liquids, not solids.

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Re:Why Does a Plastic-Wrapped Turkey Sandwich Cost $15 at th... by brewdad on Saturday April 15, 2023 @11:06PM (#35586899)
Hard cheese has always given me problems. The density matches that of a solid explosive like C4 on their x-ray. So I always plan for a secondary screening with a full unpacking and swab down of my bag if I’m bringing back a block of special cheese.
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Re:Why Does a Plastic-Wrapped Turkey Sandwich Cost $15 at th... by noirbot on Sunday April 16, 2023 @01:08AM (#35587438)
Yea, I've sometimes had them swab it, but that's pretty quick and not usually a big deal.
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Re:Why Does a Plastic-Wrapped Turkey Sandwich Cost $15 at th... by throwaway2037 on Sunday April 16, 2023 @05:11AM (#35588434)
This list is hysterical.
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Re:Why Does a Plastic-Wrapped Turkey Sandwich Cost $15 at th... by antiframe on Sunday April 16, 2023 @09:39AM (#35589942)
Yet my baby formula was tossed by TSA. Turns out baby formula is not a thing sold at airports either. Then again this was in a state hostile to born children, so I wasn't too surprised.
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Re:Why Does a Plastic-Wrapped Turkey Sandwich Cost $15 at th... by mcv on Sunday April 16, 2023 @09:49AM (#35590009)
That is incredibly shitty. How do they expect people to feed their babies? Or do they expect babies to starve?
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Re:Why Does a Plastic-Wrapped Turkey Sandwich Cost $15 at th... by antiframe on Sunday April 16, 2023 @12:05PM (#35591238)
To be fair these were larger than the permitted size but according to the TSA website formula is exempt from the limit. But, I wasn't going to argue with the agent.
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