Originally Posted by
SATTSO
Depending upon some factors, such as granular items can often look like LGAs, such items are sometimes checked. In the situation you describe, the check is simply to determine if it is a LGA. Or so says my best guess based upon experience.
I'm sure the way she packs her carry on (not really sure why it was in her carry on as she checked a bag too, but she defies any packing logic
) with all the electronics and the rest she was probably carrying it must have looked pretty interesting.
It was no problem, they opened the jar, smelled it and off she went.