Originally Posted by studentff
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It's going to be a nightmare scenario if TSA starts stealing/confscating items based on lack of label, and if they do that I'll go right back to smuggling the items like I've been doing since 8/11.
They had better exercise some common sense and recognize that anything that fits "comfortably" in the quart-sized bag is pretty much under 3 oz. But I'm not hopeful.
Late to the party, since I just got back from the Bahamas, but yes, that's exactly what happened at EWR. My shampoo in a travel-sized 3 oz Nalgene bottle was confiscated because it was not labeled. Or, as the screener said, "I know it's not a threat, but I am taking it anyway".
Travel with unmarked containers at your own risk. It seems to be very much about what the screener thinks the rule is.