Word: tsa
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...splashes, bubbles or squeezes out of a tube, you can't take it on board. There are a few exceptions outlined on the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) website (www.tsa.gov). Those traveling with a baby or a toddler can carry small amounts of baby formula and breast milk - only as much as you need for your trip. Gel- and liquid-filled teethers are also allowed as well as canned, jarred and processed baby food...
...Liquid medicines are also allowed. Liquid prescription medicine, if the name on the bottle matches the name on the traveler's ticket, and up to 5 oz. liquid or gel low-blood-sugar medications can be carried onto the plane. In an adjustment to the earlier restrictions, TSA also allows up to 4 oz. of "essential" non-prescription liquid medications...
...Despite media reports to the contrary, no one has to taste breast milk. "You or your baby or toddler will not be asked to test or taste breast milk or formula," says TSA's website. "Our security officers will not test or taste formula or breast milk...
...Deciding if your Juicy Tube is a gel or a solid is up to whoever is tending the screening line when you walk through. The TSA website says "some solid or powdered cosmetics are permitted past the checkpoint; however, this is left to the discretion of the security officer." But if you don't want to risk losing it, put it in your checked luggage...
...Argenbright says that' s not enough either. "Employees coming to and from work who can get inside the planes should be screened every time. They don't do that," he says. The TSA confirms that its own workers are not routinely tested as passengers...