Food and drinks on planes

[slackercruster]

Have not traveled for some years. Was planning some dive trips and wondered if you can still bring food on planes with all the travel security?

Can I carry on sandwiches, cookies, muffins, nuts, fruit and small bottles of drinking water or juice?

Thanks

 

[Tim Ingersoll]

You can only bring liquids less than 3 ounces through security. That forces you buy the airport water bottles. Pet peeve of mine since they always cost three times what they do across the street at the convenience store!

 

[mike_s]

Can you carry it on a plane? yes....

But I think your real question is "Can I carry it through Security checkpoints" stuff I brought from home?


The drinks/food allowed to be carried on the plane are bought from concession/vending areas inside the security checkpoint.

If the water bottle is opened, I doubt it. They used to just make you take a sip of it.

TSA did have a ban on liquids (including bottles of shampoo). But they adjusted that. But it's limited to 3 ounces per bottle of liquid.


see TSA: What To Know Before You Go

Air travelers may now carry liquids, gels and aerosols in their carry-on bag when going through security checkpoints.

The following rules apply to all liquids, gels, and aerosols carried through security checkpoints.

1. All liquids, gels and aerosols must be in three-ounce or smaller containers. Larger containers that are half-full or toothpaste tubes rolled up are not allowed. Each container must be three ounces or smaller.
2. All liquids, gels and aerosols must be placed in a single, quart-size, zip-top, clear plastic bag. Gallon size bags or bags that are not zip-top such as fold-over sandwich bags are not allowed. Each traveler can use only one, quart-size, zip-top, clear plastic bag.
3. Each traveler must remove their quart-sized plastic, zip-top bag from their carry-on and place it in a bin or on the conveyor belt for X-ray screening. X-raying separately will allow TSA security officers to more easily examine the declared items.

Ironically, looking at this list, one of the items prohibited is "Snow Globes".

I never though of having to worry about a terrorist with a "Snow Globe" in seat 3A.

http://www.tsa.gov/assets/pdf/Prohibited and Permitted Items_printerfriendly_3-16-07.pdf

 

[DeputyDan]

Food yes

liquids no

 

[robint]

yes, but as others said, not necessarily food from outside the airport. Once you go through security you can buy food and take it on the plane - lots of people do this as most airline foods sucks and/or they make you buy it now.

Actually, if you have to buy the food it is usually better than the "free" food now. The food on Continental has got to be the worst -- uugghh. My hubby and I just went to Palau last month so 15 hours on Continental eating nothing but bread and cheese, or ham and bread and cheese, mushy eggs and cheese with bread or did I mention papercups of ice cream (you know, the crap they have in school lunchrooms). Horrible food. The best food we had on a plane recently was Delta (I think) where you could purchase for $5 a meal - we both got a snack tray with fruit and yogurt, vegies and dip, etc. It was a nice change.

robin

 

[mike_s]

Ironically, those little alochol minature bottles qualify for "less than 3 ounces" and are allowed through security.

So you can't have a Snow Globe, but you can carry booze?

Additional Useful Information:
Alcohol---------------------- **NO**
Brought from outside the security checkpoint - unless in 3 ounce containers or smaller,
carried in a 1 quart (1 liter), plastic zip-top bag.*

Bought Inside the security checkpoint * ----- **YES**

* More than 70 percent alcohol content (140 proof) is prohibited
from carry-on and checked luggage. Up to 5 liters of alcohol with
alcoholic content between 24 percent and 70 percent are allowed
per person as carry-on if bought inside checkpoint.​

 

[mfalco]

yes, but as others said, not necessarily food from outside the airport. Once you go through security you can buy food and take it on the plane - lots of people do this as most airline foods sucks and/or they make you buy it now.

robin

I bring food from outside the airport. They would have a tough time trying to say people can't bring food.

 

[scubamickey]

Please don't spread bad info. Going through security is enough of a hassle without people interjecting their own definitions. Go to the TSA website and read what's allowed instead. I have no idea why people have such a hard time understanding the regulations, they really aren't hard. But sure enough, there is always someone in line with liquids in their bags and a dumb look on their face when asked about the ziploc bag.

Food is most definitely allowed as long as it is not a liquid (e.g soup).

Any water you buy once you are beyond security can be brought onto the plane, whether opened or not.

 

[bleeb]

Some people also bring an empty water bottle through security and then fill it at a water fountain.

 

[drl]

Food is allowed, unless it might be described as a liquid or gel. Yogurt, for instance, is gel-like enough to be disallowed. So (I've heard) is cream cheese. So that bagel has to be bare. I don't know what the status of peanut butter or jelly is. Or tuna salad.

Ain't life grand in the post 9/11/2001 world?