tsa and tomatoes
Jun 25, 2012 | 2:13 pm
#2
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: BOS and vicinity
Programs: Former UA 1P
Posts: 3,730
Sad that we have to ask this question in today's America, but unfortunately it is a legitimate question.
Jun 25, 2012 | 4:49 pm
#6
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: MEX
Posts: 1,152
I take whole fruit from California to family in Colorado all the time. It's not a liquid in a container, it's a solid piece of fruit. Just don't juice it pre-security 
Hell, I once took a potted lemon tree with fruit on it through... TSA at SMF didn't even blink.
Hell, I once took a potted lemon tree with fruit on it through... TSA at SMF didn't even blink.
Jun 25, 2012 | 8:56 pm
#7
Original Poster
Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 15
liquid
thats my fear, that they are mostly liquid- and i hope to take many many tomatoes......i will try half as carry on and half as checked but wrapped will in bubble wrap in big ziplocks.....i have a HUGE garden and want to share with daughter in Manhattan .
Jun 25, 2012 | 9:21 pm
#8
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Mid-Atlantic
Posts: 5,024
I would not put tomatoes in checked luggage. The temperature in the cargo hold can get quite cold and temperature on the ground while baggage is being loaded/waiting/unloaded can quite hot, especially in Texas, and neither extreme is good for perishable fruit.
Jun 26, 2012 | 1:06 pm
#12
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: gggrrrovvveee (ORD)
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closest thing i can find on the TSA website:
http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtrav...rial_1667.shtm
I've taken oranges and grapes through many times. I'd imagine tomatoes are much the same.
http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtrav...rial_1667.shtm
Food must be wrapped or in a container. Unpeeled natural foods like fruit are okay, but half-eaten fruits must be wrapped.
Jun 26, 2012 | 1:46 pm
#13
Original Poster
Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 15
will carryon
ok I will try carryon and see if i make it thru- and will happily post results in case anyone would like to know what happens. I take cooked frozen pork ribs everytime, but there is nothing liquid about that. Thanks so much to everyone for being so nice. I seldom post because i often read so many unkind comments on flyertalk. Again Thank you!^
Jun 27, 2012 | 12:02 am
#14
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Bay Area
Posts: 100
It made him think, though, when I said "Look... if this WAS C-4... do you think I'd need 9 pounds of it?"
Jun 27, 2012 | 7:15 am
#15
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Portland, OR
Programs: DL MM Gold
Posts: 1,687
Note to all bad guys: Carefully apply orange skin to your 8 ounce bladders filled with the liquid binary explosive of choice, and disguise the seams. Or use a syringe to inject vodka into a regular orange and have a party on the plane. Your choice. 