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TSA Announces New Policies for Lighters and Breast Milk |
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Written by Transportation Security Administration
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Thursday, 19 July 2007 |
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TSA Announces Procedural Changes at the Checkpoint: Common Lighters No Longer Banned from Carry-ons, Breast Milk Exemption Modified |
July 20, 2007
Contact: TSA Public Affairs
(571) 227-2829
In an effort to concentrate resources on detecting explosive threats, TSA will no longer ban common lighters in carry-on luggage starting August 4, 2007. Torch lighters remain banned in carry-ons.
Lifting the lighter ban is consistent with TSA's risk-based approach to aviation security. First and foremost, lighters no longer pose a significant threat. Freeing security officers up from fishing for 22,000 lighters every day (the current number surrendered daily across the country) enables them to focus more on finding explosives, using behavior recognition, conducting random screening procedures and other measures that increase complexity in the system, deterring terrorists. The U.S. is the only country in the world to ban lighters -- all other nations, including Israel and the U.K., do not.
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Breast Milk Policy Modification |
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TSA
is also modifying the rules associated with carrying breast milk
through security checkpoints. Mothers flying with, and now without,
their child will be permitted to bring breast milk in quantities
greater than three ounces as long as it is declared for inspection at
the security checkpoint.
Breast milk is in the same category as liquid medications. Now, a
mother flying without her child will be able to bring breast milk
through the checkpoint, provided it is declared prior to screening.
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