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Old Sep 8, 2010 | 6:29 pm
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Originally Posted by gsot
I am looking to bring a cardboard box with some tomotoes to friends in Florida (about a dozen or so). Seems that homegrown PA tomotoes are quite desireable there. Do you think that TSA will consider these a liquid or gel? And no, they are not rotten, and I don't plan to use them as a weapon.
Directly from the TSA site: "Food must be wrapped or in a container. Unpeeled natural foods like fruit are okay, but half-eaten fruits must be wrapped." Now as to volume, they seem to say nothing.

Just make sure there are no maggots in them: http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/magg...ck-561325.html
Whole new meaning to carrion bag.
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