Apparently, the TSA is modifying the rules about carrying breast milk
on board airplanes. Mothers can carry more than three ounces of
breastmilk, whether or not they have a baby with them. This is
because "breast milk is in the same category as liquid
medications." (see below) This seems to be a positive development in
terms of our society's attitude toward human milk.
Insurance companies have been reluctant to cover banked human milk
because they say it is a food and insurance companies don't cover
food. Now to get TSA and insurance carriers to talk to one another.
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TSA is also modifying the rules associated with carrying breast milk
through security checkpoints. Mothers flying with, and now without,
their child will be permitted to bring breast milk in quantities
greater than three ounces as long as it is declared for inspection at
the security checkpoint.
Breast milk is in the same category as liquid medications. Now, a
mother flying without her child will be able to bring breast milk
through the checkpoint, provided it is declared prior to screening.
http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/sop/index.shtm
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I'll take progress wherever I can find it.
Naomi Bar-Yam
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Naomi Bar-Yam Ph.D.
Executive Director
Mothers' Milk Bank of New England
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617-964-6676
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