TSA shares tips for transporting Thanksgiving food – including the cranberry sauce

The Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) needs to make sure that travellers take pleasure in their Thanksgivings, by sharing clear guidelines for which vacation meals may be introduced on planes and which should be packed in a checked bag.

In accordance with the airport safety, which is anticipating greater than 26.8m individuals to journey between 22 November to 2 December for Thanksgiving, travellers can transport sure strong food objects for the vacation of their carry-ons – including “pies, muffins, stuffing combine and casseroles”.

This additionally signifies that well-liked Thanksgiving meals corresponding to marshmallows and candy potatoes may be transported in a carry-on – as can your turkey.

“Who’re we kidding, we all know you all the time journey with further room in your carry-on simply in case that you must transport the Thanksgiving piece-de-resistance. So concern not, the cooked avian creature can tag alongside in your carry-on at the airport,” TSA defined elsewhere on its website, including that any “stuffing concoctions” you have created can as effectively.

Nonetheless, Thanksgiving dinner accompaniments corresponding to cranberry sauce, gravy, and wine all should be packed in a checked bag, based on TSA, as they’re “not solids”.

“Principally, if you happen to can spill it, spray it, unfold it, pump it or pour it, (say that thrice quick) then it’s not a strong and ought to be packed in a checked bag,” the safety company explains.

Along with outlining which meals can and can’t be introduced by a passenger onto the airplane, TSA additionally reminded individuals travelling for Thanksgiving to not strive packing their electrical carving knife, or common knife, in a carry-on.

“Must be a no-brainer, wouldn’t you suppose?” TSA writes.

The identical rule applies to corkscrews provided that they’ve a blade, as some corkscrews are carry-on authorised.

As for ice, TSA advises following the 3-1-1 rule, which limits the quantity of liquid that may be introduced on a airplane. In accordance with TSA, to abide by the guideline, the ice wants to stay frozen.

For these wanting for a approach to move the time due to flight delays, or “if you happen to get bored throughout the vacation”, the airport safety company recommends downloading the MyTSA app, which features a “Can I deliver” function that allows you to kind in any merchandise with the app letting you understand if it ought to be checked or carried in a carry-on.

“You should use it to play a sport together with your kin by asking them to guess if an merchandise ought to be packed in a checked or carry-on bag and utilizing the app to supply the appropriate reply,” TSA jokes.

Food apart, TSA needs all travellers to recollect the necessity of attending to the airport “early,” which implies two hours prior for a home flight and three hours previous to a world flight.

“Solely a turkey will get to the airport in the final minute throughout the Thanksgiving journey interval,” TSA explains. “Don’t be a turkey!”