Re: traveling on airplane with yogurt?

[Guest guest]

In the “old days”, yogurt was

the only way to keep milk products from going bad because they have no

refrigeration. Yogurt will keep a long

time in room temperature. Perhaps others

can tell you how long…I don’t remember. )

GERDS and chronic C.

SCD 2 yrs

traveling on

airplane with yogurt?

I am heading to Houston from Chicago to visit my sister for 4 days and

want to take some homemade yogurt. Will I make it through a security check with

the yogurt as a carry-on? I read through the rules on the web-site and it looks

like misc. food items don't have to comply with the 3.4 oz restriction as long

as it is declared at the security check.

My back-up plan is to ship it to my sister's ahead of time but I'm not sure how

to do that and keep it cold.

[Guest guest]

I am heading to Houston from Chicago to visit my sister for 4 days and want to take some homemade yogurt. Will I make it through a security check with the yogurt as a carry-on? I read through the rules on the web-site and it looks like misc. food items don't have to comply with the 3.4 oz restriction as long as it is declared at the security check.If you get a doctor's note, you can basically bring anything on the plane. I brought yogurt, chicken soup, etc... Peace =)Alyssa 16 yo UC April 2008, dx Sept 2008SCD June 2009 (restarted)Azathioprine 50 mg 1x per dayPrednisone 35 mg 1x per day

[Guest guest]

At 02:03 PM 3/29/2010, you wrote:

I am heading to Houston from

Chicago to visit my sister for 4 days and want to take some homemade

yogurt. Will I make it through a security check with the yogurt as a

carry-on? I read through the rules on the web-site and it looks like

misc. food items don't have to comply with the 3.4 oz restriction as long

as it is declared at the security check.

My back-up plan is to ship it to my sister's ahead of time but I'm not

sure how to do that and keep it cold.

http://scdadventures.blogspot.com/search?q=travel+TSA+yogurt

will tell you what you can expect from the TSA on THAT score.

Doesn't matter what they say on the web site: a misinformed TSO can and

will give you the option of throwing out your yogurt, or flying.

Now, on your food prep:

1. Don't bother with ice. (They'll confiscate it, despite the fact that

Britney Spears was allowed to bring a Big Gulp through security.) Freeze

your food solid in plastic containers. Secure the lids with a million

rubber bands. Put each container in a separate ziplock bag and seal,

pressing the air out. Place all of the bags in a larger bag.

2. Designate one checked suitcase as your food case. Put a standard

pillow in the case. Settle your stuff in the larger bag, on the pillow,

making sure it is well away from the edges of the case. Tuck another

standard pillow over it. Put a note on top stating that this is medically

required food. Close the suitcase. When you check it (and yes, it will

cost you whatever your airline's fee is for a bag), pray. Bag handlers

are wretched. Up until 2007, the above method got all of my stuff safely

to my various destinations, including the UK, Chicago, Milwaukee,

Atlanta, Calgary. In 2007, I arrived in Vancouver to find that they'd

crushed three of my containers of guacamole. The ziplock bag kept it from

being smeared around the suitcase. The first thing I did was

purchase more plastic containers, transfer my guacamole to the new

containers, and dispose of the dead ones. This is why I specify plastic

for travel. If I'd used glass, I'd've had to throw the food out because

of the shattered containers.

3. Be sure that you have adequate solid food in your carry-on for double

the length of your journey. I specify this because of a flight I took in

2004. We were delayed by fog, and I missed my connecting flight. The next

one wasn't for TWELVE HOURS. If I hadn't had plenty of safe food with me,

I would have been up the proverbial creek with no visible means of

propulsion. What was supposed to have an eight hour travel time

ended up with twenty hours.

4. The TSA will make you throw out anything liquid or " gel "

(and they include mashed cooked vegetables, or yogurt) that is over a

three ounce container. (We'll skip over the fact that 100 ml = 3.4

ounces.) The TSA is not metrically aware. You can take multiple 3 ounce

containers of the same thing, but you cannot have anything over three

ounces. It's a pain packing all those little containers, but it's

better than having your food confiscated. Excuse me -- make that

" voluntarily surrendered. "

Please be advised that although the TSA's own web site claims that you

can declare larger quantities of liquids and so forth, that there have

been reports of (for instance) parents who were forced to open every

bottle of baby food they had with them to prove it was food because the

containers were 4 ounces. Or the parents who were forced to dispose of

breast milk because the TSO confiscated the blue ice they were using to

keep it cold. Or the parents (who happened to be doctors) who were told

to throw out half the food they had with them because they wouldn't need

that much food for Baby during the flight.

5. Take a couple of empty quart bags. Once you pass security, go to one

of the drink or food stands and ask them to give you a couple scoops of

ice. Then place this in your insulated carry-on food bag to keep your

travel food cold.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

Babette the Foundling Beagle

[Guest guest]

At 03:03 PM 3/29/2010, you wrote:

If you get a doctor's note, you

can basically bring anything on the plane. I brought yogurt, chicken

soup, etc...

That's why I now have a Medic Alert bracelet.

BTW, Alyssa, what did your doctor SAY in the note?

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

Babette the Foundling Beagle

[Guest guest]

BTW, Alyssa, what did your doctor SAY in the note?Something about "Alyssa had ulcerative colitis and must be on a very specific diet, requiring her to bring food with her." My GP wrote it, since I highly doubt my GI doctor would have, but I think as long as some type of doctor is signing it they can't really argue. I'm lucky that my GP is so supportive of me though. Peace =)Alyssa 16 yo UC April 2008, dx Sept 2008SCD June 2009 (restarted)Azathioprine 50 mg 1x per dayPrednisone 35 mg 1x per day