Originally Posted by
petaluma1
Out of curiosity, had you been asked if you had anything organic in your carry-on, how would you have answered? I've read of more than a handful of people (including Mr. Vanderklok) being asked that question*, answering "no" never considering the protein bars to be organic and then being threatened and subjected to the whole shebang because their response was "not truthful".
Organic matter
Everyone has organic matter with them in their bags. Books are made of paper. Many things are packaged in cardboard. Any liquid in the 3-1-1 bag probably has some amount of dissolved organic matter.
But back to the topic of this thread, I've flown out of several smaller airports and I've noticed a couple of them have had stricter-than-normal security checks, probably due to the lack of passengers and the agents trying to justify their own jobs. They don't feel the pressure to keep the lines moving like at larger hubs. But there are certainly many smaller airports where this doesn't happen.