Originally Posted by
JDiver
And more interesting information: it appears soon after Memorial Day TSA began requiring passengers remove reading material (books, magazines, etc.) and personal food items from carry on and place them in inspection bin trays a la laptop.
When asked, a screener replied "I don't know, it's new".
Link to Sacramento Bee article by UCD Professor Julie Sze, 11 Jun 2017.
There is extensive discussion of this pilot program in the
Checkpoints and Borders Policy Debate forum: