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Pile of Raw Chicken On Airport Luggage Carousel Prompts Warning From TSA
By Michael Hollan | Fox News
When transport- ing perishable items, like raw meat, the TSA recommends that it's placed in a sealed container with ice or dry ice. The organization recently shared a video of an inci- dent that shows why this is impor- tant.
The TSA Instagram page posted a video from Seattle, Wash., that shows a pile of raw chicken pieces riding on the luggage con- veyor belt. In the video, the pile of meat appears to be mushed
together into a cube shape, implying that it had been in a container at one point but fell out before making it out to the luggage carousel.
"There is a per- sonal fowl on the carousel," the TSA wrote. "Can chickens fly? Well... assuredly no poultry is flying like this. We hear at one time these wings and thighs
were cooped up in a cooler. Somewhere between baggage and the carousel, they became free- range."
The post contin- ues, "Don’t wing
your travel pack- ing. In order to keep from ruffling any feathers meat should be proper- ly packaged. Ice or dry ice is per- mitted to keep the flock chilled. If you are pecking
around the inter- net for travel tid- bits, nest time reach out to our hens and roosters at #AskTSA. They’ll take your raw travel ques- tions and cook out an egg-cellent answer."
In a statement obtained by Newsweek, a spokesperson for the TSA said, "Our understand- ing is that it fell out of a cooler behind the block of chicken (and you can see the chicken is still in cooler shape). Our guess is that the owner did not think about the lid coming open and did not tape it securely enough."
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