What kind of food was in your bag? I don't know anything one way or another about a rule; however, when I read your post, I could imagine a FA (or fellow passenger) being concerned about, e.g. aromatic, potentially leaky take-out containers being in the vicinity of their belongings in the overhead. By contrast some kind of dry, packaged snacks would still be "food" but not pose the same concern.
Last edited by ZenFlyer; Jan 22, 2023 at 4:20 pm