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What foods you can/can't bring onto an airplane
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Nov 23, 2015
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What foods you can/can't bring onto an airplane
Turns out there are a lot of do's and don'ts when it comes to bringing food on a flight. We have some advice.
Pies, cakes, bread, donuts and turkeys are permitted through the checkpoint.
Pies, cakes, bread, donuts and turkeys are permitted through the checkpoint.
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Turns out there are a lot of do's and don'ts when it comes to bringing food on a flight. We have some advice.

Foodies everywhere cried a little bit when word got out that, last week, officials at LAX confiscated 450 tamales from the luggage of a traveler coming from Mexico.

In case you didn't know, it's usually illegal to bring fresh, dried or canned meats into the U.S.

It turns out there are a lot of do's and don'ts when it comes to bringing food on planes.

If you're nervous about traveling with food this holiday season,

, senior aviation correspondent for Condé Nast Traveler, joins Take Two with her advice.