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Old Oct 10, 2019 | 10:58 am
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Originally Posted by WillCAD
https://www.usatoday.com/story/trave...os/3917339002/

At least this woman's Cheetos were not confiscated or disallowed. But still - the idea that each individual bag was test-stripped is absolutely infuriating. It indicates that either TSOs are so ignorant of their jobs that they have no conception of cross-contamination, or they were intentionally harassing this woman for some reason.
But it was quite depressing to read this at the end of the article (bolding mine):

Though Mei found the search slightly embarrassing, it was mostly funny. And she doesn't mind that TSA chose to search her bag.
"Makes me feel safe," she told USA TODAY."
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