Maple butter in carry-on?
Apr 12, 2012 | 10:56 am
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Maple butter in carry-on?
Has anybody tried bringing maple butter in their carry-on?
Want to bring a few jars as gifts but from the CATSA web site “All liquid food in your carry-on (for example, yogurt, pudding or jam) must be in containers of 100 ml or less. All containers must fit in the same clear, closed, resealable 1 litre plastic bag, as all other containers of liquids, aerosols or gels you are carrying.”
Want to bring a few jars as gifts but from the CATSA web site “All liquid food in your carry-on (for example, yogurt, pudding or jam) must be in containers of 100 ml or less. All containers must fit in the same clear, closed, resealable 1 litre plastic bag, as all other containers of liquids, aerosols or gels you are carrying.”
Apr 12, 2012 | 2:28 pm
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We had olive paste taken a couple of years ago, which is more a finely chopped solid than a paste or liquid.
Apr 12, 2012 | 2:35 pm
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Well, if the butter is frozen, you could argue it´s a solid, not a liquid.
When they start arguing "but it could melt" you could respond "so does almost anything under the right circumstances"
You could also question why glasses aren´t confiscated even though it´s considered to be a liquid, not solid. (at least in the field of thermodynamics and other fields of chemistry)
At that point the agent will probably/hopefully give in.
When they start arguing "but it could melt" you could respond "so does almost anything under the right circumstances"
You could also question why glasses aren´t confiscated even though it´s considered to be a liquid, not solid. (at least in the field of thermodynamics and other fields of chemistry)
At that point the agent will probably/hopefully give in.
Apr 12, 2012 | 2:42 pm
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Well, if the butter is frozen, you could argue it´s a solid, not a liquid.
When they start arguing "but it could melt" you could respond "so does almost anything under the right circumstances"
You could also question why glasses aren´t confiscated even though it´s considered to be a liquid, not solid. (at least in the field of thermodynamics and other fields of chemistry)
At that point the agent will probably/hopefully give in.
When they start arguing "but it could melt" you could respond "so does almost anything under the right circumstances"
You could also question why glasses aren´t confiscated even though it´s considered to be a liquid, not solid. (at least in the field of thermodynamics and other fields of chemistry)
At that point the agent will probably/hopefully give in.
Apr 12, 2012 | 3:12 pm
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I've not been able to take jam though, so I doubt maple butter would make it. Put it in your checked baggage.
When I had the jam I was lucky to have a backpack with me, so I just took my camera out and checked in my backpack with the jar of jam in it. I got the same agent that I had checked my suitcase with a few min earlier and we joked about the very dangerous blackcurrants that had been made into jam. Definitely a threat to national security those blackcurrants are...
When I had the jam I was lucky to have a backpack with me, so I just took my camera out and checked in my backpack with the jar of jam in it. I got the same agent that I had checked my suitcase with a few min earlier and we joked about the very dangerous blackcurrants that had been made into jam. Definitely a threat to national security those blackcurrants are...
Apr 12, 2012 | 3:34 pm
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Apr 12, 2012 | 3:41 pm
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Yes, my comment was more tongue-in-cheek. It rarely makes sense to argue with security unless the policies clearly state you´re right.
Apr 13, 2012 | 9:29 am
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