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Old Aug 13, 2009, 12:34 am
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jpatokal
 
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Originally Posted by GenevaFlyer
Edit: just checked the translation of "Sprotid olis" -> Sprats in oil. Thus, the item falls straight under section 4.1.1 (f) for solid/liquid mixture, and the container was above the maximum size allowed of 100 ml.
Yes, they were in oil, although not much of it. The can states "gross weight 160g", of which at least 112g is fish, so by induction there's under 48g of liquid in there...

But, as you state, the regulation doesn't distinguish between 100 ml of mixed or pure liquid, even one drop is enough. You'd be pretty hard pressed to find any canned product that doesn't have some quantity of some liquid inside, so in practice this amounts to a blanket ban on any and all canned food?

Now, does this rhyme with security ... that's a whole other debate ... but they were applying the European regulation.
So what's TSA's take on this? The previous link I posted has a TSA guy explicitly saying that canned cat food is OK. It appears that previous versions of the TSA site had wording allowing "Canned or jarred goods such as soup, sauces, peanut butter, fruits, vegetables and jellies, 3 oz or less", but the current version no longer has this line.
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