Last Tuesday, the Transportation Security Administration, which is expecting to screen about twenty million travellers during the Thanksgiving holiday, released a list of which foods could be carried through domestic-security checkpoints. Turkeys—“frozen, cooked or uncooked”—made the cut; “Gravy. Homemade or in a jar/can” did not. The United Airlines corporate Twitter account jumped into the discussion, adding that carry-on turkeys would count as a personal item, though neither the airline nor the agency addressed the feelings of the turkey’s potential seatmate.
Sourse: newyorker.com