Originally Posted by
omascreener
if the containers are over the 3.4 oz limit which most formula or baby bottles are then they have to be tested with the test strips.
All I'm saying is they weren't making up policy on the spot that this is the way its supposed to work.
If 8 oz factory-sealed formula containers "have to be tested with the test strips," then I have a list of 5 TSA stations, including the same checkpoint at SMF several months ago, that have violated the SOP by not doing so. I suspect other parents with young kids here could list dozens more.
I've never even seen one of the magic test strips. What I have seen is ETD swabs and/or the "bottle scanner" that they set the bottle in and presumably uses some sort of IR or microwave type scan.