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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

TSA Defends Confiscation Of Mass. Woman's Cupcake

PEABODY, Mass. (AP) - The federal Transportation Security Administration is defending its decision to confiscate a frosted cupcake from a Massachusetts woman flying from Las Vegas.

The TSA says in a blog comment posted Monday the cupcake was packed in a jar filled with icing, which is considered a gel under a policy designed to secure travelers from terrorists seeking to evade detection by using explosives made of plastics, liquids or gels.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Thank you TSA for keeping us all safe from those cupcake bombs.Money well spent.