Some point to consider if you’re thinking of traveling with your kids this, dare I say it… holiday season!!
“The same rules apply for everybody at the airport,” says a spokesperson for BAA Airports, which operates London’s Heathrow. “Some people are selected fairly randomly for an extra search.”
Search protocols vary between international airports. Certain guidelines, such as restrictions on liquids, tend to be universal, but security rules differ on a country-by-country basis.
For traveling parents, that can mean the difference between having to taste the breast milk they want to bring on a flight vs. merely holding the liquid under a test strip.