It's not that what they might do is actually effective. It's more that once they've done it, your stuff is "safe" to allow on the plane. Get it? :rolleyes:

I can see doing this for shampoo and similar stuff but what happens when some security drone insists on testing a sealed container. Are they going to force a test or force it into the trash? If this were happening in the US I'd guess we'd hear a "Do you want to fly today?" Some stuff just can't be opened without being ruined.

What happens if the liquid is not what it says on the label? I have lots of liquids that I've decanted into hotel containers. Nothing banned or dangerous but up until now the requirement has said the container must be labeled. It didn't say the contents had to match the label.

Who has the requirement that the container must be labeled? The TSA rules say nothing like this. That doesn't stop the TSA drones at the airport from telling me otherwise, though. We've decanted stuff to labeled containers too, and they've never noticed or cared. I suspect the UK folks won't know or care either.

Thats it folks. I see it being forced into other countries in the EU as they did with the first liquid rules. Before that the US would follow it to the letter too.