TSA Targets Breastmilk and the Mother for Pat Down: Stacey Armato the Latest TSA Victim

Stacey Armato is the mother of a 7-month-old infant. She breast feeds the infant and uses a breast pump. The breast milk she pumped for her young infant would soon lead to an intrusive and oppressive inspection by the TSA. The mother was not flying with the child, but had pumped the milk to have it ready when she arrived at LAX.

Armato asked the TSA if she could avoid sending the milk through the x-ray machine to avoid irradiating the pure milk. She came prepared at the airport going as far as printing off the official rules that That set off red flags leading to Armato becoming the next victim of the TSA.

The rules of carrying infant milk on a plane are as follows:

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.

The account was captured on video, which Armato says is edited to remove any actions that may shed the TSA in a negative light.



For simply making the request and showing the TSA rules to the agent, Armato was put in a special containment area for over an hour, thus missing her flight.