Is Powder allowed onboard?
Apr 26, 2010 | 12:38 am
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Is Powder allowed onboard?
Just flew from HKG-SFO. During the secondary gate search they took out my nutritional supplement powder from my carryon. Apparently, now we aren't allowed to bring powder onboard.
I can't find this stated on the TSA website. Can someone point me to where this is now banned?
I can't find this stated on the TSA website. Can someone point me to where this is now banned?
Apr 26, 2010 | 5:30 am
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Just flew from HKG-SFO. During the secondary gate search they took out my nutritional supplement powder from my carryon. Apparently, now we aren't allowed to bring powder onboard.
I can't find this stated on the TSA website. Can someone point me to where this is now banned?
I can't find this stated on the TSA website. Can someone point me to where this is now banned?
As I understand your post this was not TSA, correct? I do not know why it wasn't allowed.
Apr 26, 2010 | 6:40 am
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Apr 26, 2010 | 6:58 am
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If this wasn't TSA it doesn't really matter how TSAs SOP is wrtten, does it? But why assume this has to do with TSAs SOP, or some sort of interpertation of TSA SOP? Is it possible the entire incident lies with the other agency? Or are we just making assumptions here, the both of us?
Apr 26, 2010 | 7:04 am
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I have taken powder (brownie mix, and powdered chocolate) through TSA controlled check points. It had be to checked twice but otherwise TSA had no problem.
However, given you went through Hong Kong which is NOT TSA anything could happen just like the person some months ago who got their duty free liquor taken at a gate check in Hong Kong.
However, given you went through Hong Kong which is NOT TSA anything could happen just like the person some months ago who got their duty free liquor taken at a gate check in Hong Kong.
Apr 26, 2010 | 7:04 am
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If this wasn't TSA it doesn't really matter how TSAs SOP is wrtten, does it? But why assume this has to do with TSAs SOP, or some sort of interpertation of TSA SOP? Is it possible the entire incident lies with the other agency? Or are we just making assumptions here, the both of us?
Apr 26, 2010 | 7:09 am
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I carry a powder on every flight in my carry on. I have never anywhere had a question. I have worried about it, but never a question. Kindles, smartphones, electric toothbrushes all have had queries; powders never, ever.
The only time there was an exception was at LIS when looking through my bag because of my Kindle the agent asked if my powder worked well, because it was labeled in Portuguese and she could understand what it was for. I responded in the affirmative and she said she'd go looking for it in Lisbon. That's it.
The only time there was an exception was at LIS when looking through my bag because of my Kindle the agent asked if my powder worked well, because it was labeled in Portuguese and she could understand what it was for. I responded in the affirmative and she said she'd go looking for it in Lisbon. That's it.
Apr 26, 2010 | 8:12 am
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From my understanding, for a foreign airport to screen passengers coming to the US, that airport must have in place procedures approved by TSA. The simplest way of doing so would be to use the same procedures that TSA uses. From reading some of TSA's SOP, they leave a lot of leeway into implementing the screening processes.
Apr 26, 2010 | 8:19 am
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Apr 26, 2010 | 8:34 am
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My advice to anyone is bring all your powders with you. A very few will have to be test. And then your on your way.
Apr 26, 2010 | 8:44 am
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You are allowed powders. As someone mentioned below sometimes these powders are test - but not by ETD. If they are test it is a result of what is seen on the x-ray, not a gate search, and TSA uses something other than ETD to conduct that test.
As I understand your post this was not TSA, correct? I do not know why it wasn't allowed.
As I understand your post this was not TSA, correct? I do not know why it wasn't allowed.
Can you say by what means they are tested?
Apr 26, 2010 | 9:19 am
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From my understanding, for a foreign airport to screen passengers coming to the US, that airport must have in place procedures approved by TSA. The simplest way of doing so would be to use the same procedures that TSA uses. From reading some of TSA's SOP, they leave a lot of leeway into implementing the screening processes.
Apr 26, 2010 | 9:27 am
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