Can I take Butter on the plane?
Nov 16, 2013, 10:30 am
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Does TSA consider butter a non-solid?
Butter, in it's original packaging - is it considered a non-solid by TSA? I know that TSA considers peanut butter a liquid or gel-like substance and I have seen sealed cans of tuna taken away from passengers because they contain liquid. So I am curious about butter (not on a sandwich or roll) in it's original packaging.
Nov 16, 2013, 12:35 pm
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I suppose that if it's solid when you take it across the checkpoint, it's all good. I did ask the TSA guy in PHX about Jello, and he said that I could carry the jello packets across the checkpoint, and prepare it airside, but I couldn't bring it prepared.
I've also wanted to take a non-newtonian fluid through the checkpoint, since it *can* be a solid.
I've also wanted to take a non-newtonian fluid through the checkpoint, since it *can* be a solid.
Nov 22, 2013, 1:21 pm
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Butter, in it's original packaging - is it considered a non-solid by TSA? I know that TSA considers peanut butter a liquid or gel-like substance and I have seen sealed cans of tuna taken away from passengers because they contain liquid. So I am curious about butter (not on a sandwich or roll) in it's original packaging.
then use a lighter to light an aerosol can to thaw it, air side.
Nov 28, 2013, 1:10 pm
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If peanut butter and lipstick are considered to be a liquid, then so is butter.
(Curious as to why someone would want to bother transporting butter, when it's easy to buy almost everywhere.)
(Curious as to why someone would want to bother transporting butter, when it's easy to buy almost everywhere.)
Nov 29, 2013, 7:59 am
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Also if they are making their own sandwiches airside or on the plane, butter is not likely to be available for purpose.
Dec 2, 2013, 2:43 am
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I've been quizzed many times as to whether I have lipstick, and been informed that "if you can pour it or smear it, then it's a liquid. You can smear lipstick, so lipstick is a liquid."
However, I once had a container of Johnson's baby powder confiscated at security, on the grounds that "you can pour it, so it must be a liquid."
Maybe it depends on the individual screener's state of mind on the day - don't expect it all to make sense!
However, I once had a container of Johnson's baby powder confiscated at security, on the grounds that "you can pour it, so it must be a liquid."
Maybe it depends on the individual screener's state of mind on the day - don't expect it all to make sense!
Nov 22, 2015, 12:13 pm
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Can I take Butter on the plane?
or would it need to get checked? It will be about 16 oz or so.
(We're wanting to bring spiced butter for hot buttered rum. I can see it being an issue in either checked or carry on.)
(We're wanting to bring spiced butter for hot buttered rum. I can see it being an issue in either checked or carry on.)
Nov 24, 2015, 12:52 pm
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