Comments on: The TSA Has Determined That My Cheese Is Not Explosive http://joeberkovitz.com/blog/2007/11/30/the-tsa-has-determined-that-my-cheese-is-not-explosive/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 13 Aug 2010 18:04:58 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: David Bruce http://joeberkovitz.com/blog/2007/11/30/the-tsa-has-determined-that-my-cheese-is-not-explosive/comment-page-1/#comment-76702 David Bruce Mon, 28 Dec 2009 08:44:01 +0000 http://www.joeberkovitz.com/blog/2007/11/30/the-tsa-has-determined-that-my-cheese-is-not-explosive/#comment-76702 Alas, the French security in Lyon was not as understanding when I attempted to bring some firm goat cheese to the UK. I had my liquids in the required plastic bag but the cheese was in an insulated bag in my carry-on. I had no idea that cheese was a prohibited item - it does not appear on the sign listing prohibited items but it is on the airport website (after clicking on several links to find the appropriate .pdf file). 20 euros of cheese in the trash (snif!) Alas, the French security in Lyon was not as understanding when I attempted to bring some firm goat cheese to the UK. I had my liquids in the required plastic bag but the cheese was in an insulated bag in my carry-on. I had no idea that cheese was a prohibited item – it does not appear on the sign listing prohibited items but it is on the airport website (after clicking on several links to find the appropriate .pdf file). 20 euros of cheese in the trash (snif!)

]]> By: Marc Matheson http://joeberkovitz.com/blog/2007/11/30/the-tsa-has-determined-that-my-cheese-is-not-explosive/comment-page-1/#comment-71825 Marc Matheson Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:46:31 +0000 http://www.joeberkovitz.com/blog/2007/11/30/the-tsa-has-determined-that-my-cheese-is-not-explosive/#comment-71825 Ah - Cowgirl Cheese at SFO.....my story has to do with Air France. (Somehow the Cowgirl Creamery insulated bag full of fresh West Marin cheese made it past TSA - whose acronym refers to the Thousands Standing Around while airport "security" dithers and dawdles.) The Air France stewardesses graciously placed my cheeses in their refrigerator for the flight to Paris, where my friends LOVED our delicious Cowgirl Creamery cheeses! I'm glad that yours made it through, too - a great tale. Ah – Cowgirl Cheese at SFO…..my story has to do with Air France. (Somehow the Cowgirl Creamery insulated bag full of fresh West Marin cheese made it past TSA – whose acronym refers to the Thousands Standing Around while airport “security” dithers and dawdles.) The Air France stewardesses graciously placed my cheeses in their refrigerator for the flight to Paris, where my friends LOVED our delicious Cowgirl Creamery cheeses! I’m glad that yours made it through, too – a great tale.

]]> By: John http://joeberkovitz.com/blog/2007/11/30/the-tsa-has-determined-that-my-cheese-is-not-explosive/comment-page-1/#comment-164 John Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:41:58 +0000 http://www.joeberkovitz.com/blog/2007/11/30/the-tsa-has-determined-that-my-cheese-is-not-explosive/#comment-164 Haha... Wondering... If the cheese gets too sharp, while waiting, will it be treated as a knife? Haha… Wondering… If the cheese gets too sharp, while waiting, will it be treated as a knife?

]]> By: joe http://joeberkovitz.com/blog/2007/11/30/the-tsa-has-determined-that-my-cheese-is-not-explosive/comment-page-1/#comment-160 joe Wed, 05 Dec 2007 22:39:33 +0000 http://www.joeberkovitz.com/blog/2007/11/30/the-tsa-has-determined-that-my-cheese-is-not-explosive/#comment-160 I love the comments, and I especially love the contents of the TSA website which I had never browsed before. <br> "Cheese in pressurized containers" is allowed for under 3 oz., as John O'Keefe pointed out. But I fail to see how any statements made by anyone about this, er, substance could be interpreted as applying to actual cheese. I love the comments, and I especially love the contents of the TSA website which I had never browsed before.

“Cheese in pressurized containers” is allowed for under 3 oz., as John O’Keefe pointed out. But I fail to see how any statements made by anyone about this, er, substance could be interpreted as applying to actual cheese.

]]> By: Jon Doe http://joeberkovitz.com/blog/2007/11/30/the-tsa-has-determined-that-my-cheese-is-not-explosive/comment-page-1/#comment-162 Jon Doe Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:41:53 +0000 http://www.joeberkovitz.com/blog/2007/11/30/the-tsa-has-determined-that-my-cheese-is-not-explosive/#comment-162 Hilarious! You will probably be permitted to travel with a talcum powder container full of gun powder or a large water bra full of nitro, but traveling with a small wheel of soft cheese will get you stopped at security checkpoints. Also, according to the TSA website, you are permitted to travel with pointed scissors, screwdrivers, safety razors and corkscrews; however, they are very suspicious about cheese. And, last but certainly not least, snow globes of any kind are strictly forbidden. I am not making that up, check the TSA site for yourself. http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/prohibited/permitted-prohibited-items.shtm Hilarious!

You will probably be permitted to travel with a talcum powder container full of gun powder or a large water bra full of nitro, but traveling with a small wheel of soft cheese will get you stopped at security checkpoints.

Also, according to the TSA website, you are permitted to travel with pointed scissors, screwdrivers, safety razors and corkscrews; however, they are very suspicious about cheese.

And, last but certainly not least, snow globes of any kind are strictly forbidden. I am not making that up, check the TSA site for yourself.

http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/prohibited/permitted-prohibited-items.shtm

]]> By: Oscar http://joeberkovitz.com/blog/2007/11/30/the-tsa-has-determined-that-my-cheese-is-not-explosive/comment-page-1/#comment-161 Oscar Wed, 05 Dec 2007 15:42:13 +0000 http://www.joeberkovitz.com/blog/2007/11/30/the-tsa-has-determined-that-my-cheese-is-not-explosive/#comment-161 Reminds me of Ben Forta's experience a few months ago: Peanut-Butter is a gel? http://www.forta.com/blog/index.cfm/2007/10/31/TSA-Peanut-Butter-Is-A-Gel Reminds me of Ben Forta’s experience a few months ago:

Peanut-Butter is a gel?

http://www.forta.com/blog/index.cfm/2007/10/31/TSA-Peanut-Butter-Is-A-Gel

]]> By: Annalisa Oswald http://joeberkovitz.com/blog/2007/11/30/the-tsa-has-determined-that-my-cheese-is-not-explosive/comment-page-1/#comment-163 Annalisa Oswald Sun, 02 Dec 2007 20:44:36 +0000 http://www.joeberkovitz.com/blog/2007/11/30/the-tsa-has-determined-that-my-cheese-is-not-explosive/#comment-163 The cheese stands alone... at a security checkpoint, waiting to be deemed unblowupable (a word that is thrown around a lot, these days). :) The cheese stands alone… at a security checkpoint, waiting to be deemed unblowupable (a word that is thrown around a lot, these days). :)

]]> By: Steve Alburty http://joeberkovitz.com/blog/2007/11/30/the-tsa-has-determined-that-my-cheese-is-not-explosive/comment-page-1/#comment-158 Steve Alburty Fri, 30 Nov 2007 23:24:54 +0000 http://www.joeberkovitz.com/blog/2007/11/30/the-tsa-has-determined-that-my-cheese-is-not-explosive/#comment-158 Great story, Joe - one which I am forwarding to all of my traveling friends, whether they eat cheese or not! I hope by now that lovely Max soon devours a cheese that went through such work to get to her. (I wonder - does cheese get sharper if exposed to stress?) Someday there will be the cheese equivalent of Richard Reid, the shoe bomber. Somebody will be on board an international flight and attempt to light a fuse in a wedge of brie and fromage will be banned forever. Steve Great story, Joe – one which I am forwarding to all of my traveling friends, whether they eat cheese or not! I hope by now that lovely Max soon devours a cheese that went through such work to get to her. (I wonder – does cheese get sharper if exposed to stress?)

Someday there will be the cheese equivalent of Richard Reid, the shoe bomber. Somebody will be on board an international flight and attempt to light a fuse in a wedge of brie and fromage will be banned forever.

Steve

]]> By: John O'Keefe http://joeberkovitz.com/blog/2007/11/30/the-tsa-has-determined-that-my-cheese-is-not-explosive/comment-page-1/#comment-157 John O'Keefe Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:04:36 +0000 http://www.joeberkovitz.com/blog/2007/11/30/the-tsa-has-determined-that-my-cheese-is-not-explosive/#comment-157 and yet, oddly enough, the only relevant reference to cheese on the TSA's web site is to cheese in a pressurized can here: http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/prohibited/permitted-prohibited-items.shtm and yet, oddly enough, the only relevant reference to cheese on the TSA’s web site is to cheese in a pressurized can here:
http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/prohibited/permitted-prohibited-items.shtm

]]> By: kathryn http://joeberkovitz.com/blog/2007/11/30/the-tsa-has-determined-that-my-cheese-is-not-explosive/comment-page-1/#comment-159 kathryn Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:58:42 +0000 http://www.joeberkovitz.com/blog/2007/11/30/the-tsa-has-determined-that-my-cheese-is-not-explosive/#comment-159 that's hilarious! i brought the same exact cheese back on a flight in july 2005 with no problem (contained only in a cowgirl creamery fabric lunchbag). maybe the fact that i had two other, firmer cheeses in the bag disguised it by association. that’s hilarious! i brought the same exact cheese back on a flight in july 2005 with no problem (contained only in a cowgirl creamery fabric lunchbag). maybe the fact that i had two other, firmer cheeses in the bag disguised it by association.

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