TSA announces ban on 16 items from passengers' checked bags

[SKY]

This is a must read if you are traveling in and out of the DR........

TSA announces ban on 16 items from passengers' checked bags

The Transportation Security Administration announced a new list of 16 items that have been banned from passengers' checked bags

www.themirror.com

 

[DrNoob]

This is a must read if you are traveling in and out of the DR........

TSA announces ban on 16 items from passengers' checked bags

The Transportation Security Administration announced a new list of 16 items that have been banned from passengers' checked bags

www.themirror.com

I am not seeing anything new and none of it contains a direct link to TSA's 'new announcement' - most of it is compiled from random 'experts' and are things that are known to be banned. This looks like clickbait

 

[keepcoming]

I am not seeing anything new and none of it contains a direct link to TSA's 'new announcement' - most of it is compiled from random 'experts' and are things that are known to be banned. This looks like clickbait

I have actually seen a few media sites that have been posting/publishing this "new" TSA announcement. Each one with their own version.

 

[SKY]

Meat and Produce​

This rule has a weird gray area. If you’re traveling domestically, you can generally pack any food you want in your checked bag—as long as TSA can easily determine what it is.

However, if you are bringing food from abroad, think twice before bringing home some of the delicious treats you experienced. “It’s a tragedy that some of the tastiest souvenirs you might want to bring back from Europe would get confiscated," Charlie Neville, frequent traveler and chief marketing officer of JayWay Travel, said.

 

[DrNoob]

I have actually seen a few media sites that have been posting/publishing this "new" TSA announcement. Each one with their own version.

The blasted UK tabloids do this all the time. Many of them are owned by the same media group which also own smaller, regional/town newspaper/websites too. So the same article keeps coming up, slightly rewritten headline or a couple of paragraphs changed etc in each sister website. I opened this URL and saw it was the Mirror (US version) (UK has the Daily Mirror/Daily Mail/The Sun and sister publications doing the same thing). and nowadays they use ChatGPT to generate text as well.

The worst part is there is no actual TSA announcement to be found, only advice from random 'experts' and speculations. All this is done to drive traffic to show more ads. So depending on the website, you have to go outside and check if they say the sky is blue (a usual joke about Daily Mail over here)

Meat and Produce​

This rule has a weird gray area. If you’re traveling domestically, you can generally pack any food you want in your checked bag—as long as TSA can easily determine what it is.

However, if you are bringing food from abroad, think twice before bringing home some of the delicious treats you experienced. “It’s a tragedy that some of the tastiest souvenirs you might want to bring back from Europe would get confiscated," Charlie Neville, frequent traveler and chief marketing officer of JayWay Travel, said.

This has been there for a while to avoid invasive species or diseases (UK has this restriction now : https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2vpp8zzd7o)

I think I have seen a similar warning when waiting in JFK Terminal 4 too, while waiting for the passport/immigration check.

 

[MariaRubia]

This is a must read if you are traveling in and out of the DR........

TSA announces ban on 16 items from passengers' checked bags

The Transportation Security Administration announced a new list of 16 items that have been banned from passengers' checked bags

www.themirror.com

Provided you are travelling to or from the US.

 

[keepcoming]

The blasted UK tabloids do this all the time. Many of them are owned by the same media group which also own smaller, regional/town newspaper/websites too. So the same article keeps coming up, slightly rewritten headline or a couple of paragraphs changed etc in each sister website. I opened this URL and saw it was the Mirror (US version) (UK has the Daily Mirror/Daily Mail/The Sun and sister publications doing the same thing). and nowadays they use ChatGPT to generate text as well.

The worst part is there is no actual TSA announcement to be found, only advice from random 'experts' and speculations. All this is done to drive traffic to show more ads. So depending on the website, you have to go outside and check if they say the sky is blue (a usual joke about Daily Mail over here)

This has been there for a while to avoid invasive species or diseases (UK has this restriction now : https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2vpp8zzd7o)

I think I have seen a similar warning when waiting in JFK Terminal 4 too, while waiting for the passport/immigration check.

I looked on the TSA website but there were so many "announcements" I gave up looking.

 

[DrNoob]

I looked on the TSA website but there were so many "announcements" I gave up looking.

I went to tsa.gov to look too and (offtopic) I realized that the scene in Tulsa King where the New York guy tries to go via airport security with a gun was based on real life interceptions by the TSA. I used to think no one can be that stupid but I was wrong 🤦‍♂️

 

[Fulano2]

Meat and Produce​

This rule has a weird gray area. If you’re traveling domestically, you can generally pack any food you want in your checked bag—as long as TSA can easily determine what it is.

However, if you are bringing food from abroad, think twice before bringing home some of the delicious treats you experienced. “It’s a tragedy that some of the tastiest souvenirs you might want to bring back from Europe would get confiscated," Charlie Neville, frequent traveler and chief marketing officer of JayWay Travel, said.

The last time I came in at Punta Cana I had a cheese hunter. I like real parmezan so had some in my suitcase together with four Tio Pepe and a Champaign..
Wanted to take the cheese and the bubbles.
Gave him 10 euros.
“No es sufficiënte”
The rest I have is in 50’s. Do you have change?
He laughed and let me go.

Some things never change in this country.

 

[windeguy]

Provided you are travelling to or from the US.

Is there a TSA anywhere else but the USA?

 

[AlterEgo]

The last time I came in at Punta Cana I had a cheese hunter. I like real parmezan so had some in my suitcase together with four Tio Pepe and a Champaign..
Wanted to take the cheese and the bubbles.
Gave him 10 euros.
“No es sufficiënte”
The rest I have is in 50’s. Do you have change?
He laughed and let me go.

Some things never change in this country.

Wow I guess I’ve been lucky. I always have sealed packages of Parmesan and Romano cheeses in my carryon.

 

[Fulano2]

Wow I guess I’ve been lucky. I always have sealed packages of Parmesan and Romano cheeses in my carryon.

You are lucky or I am not.
Next time I try arriving in shorts and slippers.
They almost always pick me out, even here in Brussels, where they don’t bother about a cigar or two or a bottle extra.
Their main concern is terrorism and drugs.

 

[Meemselle]

And alas, the days of being able to load up on kosher meat in New York or LA and bringing it frozen into the DR are over. Someone I know enlisted his sister to bring in kosher meat from Miami over the holidays to the tune of US$1,800 and it was confiscated and no amount of pleading, bribing, or crying could change it. The airport officials claim they destroy confiscated items, but I can't help but feel there was one hell of a barbeque somewhere.....

 

[keepcoming]

This thread had me remembering all the things I used to bring with me back in day. Frozen shrimp, frozen hamburgers, cheese (gouda), the list is long....lol. I did once carry on a Kitchen Aid mixer, back when you could basically bring anything as carryon luggage. Haven't done any of this in a while though.

 

[Fulano2]

This thread had me remembering all the things I used to bring with me back in day. Frozen shrimp, frozen hamburgers, cheese (gouda), the list is long....lol. I did once carry on a Kitchen Aid mixer, back when you could basically bring anything as carryon luggage. Haven't done any of this in a while though.

Gouda is always on the list. So is parmazan, sherry, champaign, and coffee.

 

[DrNoob]

The first time I came back from Brazil, I had a couple of kilos of coffee (powder and beans) from a shop in Ipanema . Got home and found that they had searched the coffee powder for you know what but left the beans alone and let the powder spill all over the suitcase. After that, if I have to buy coffee, I only buy beans (plus I can grind them when I need to). Nowadays they don't bother because they probably got better scanners.