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Yup I just brought them on a trip this week. I brought 5 in a ziplock baggie and let the screener know ahead of time that I had baby food with me. They gave it a bit of a look and asked me where I was travelling to. I think they were thinking it was a lot of food if it was just a short trip but we were going to be travelling all day and they let me take it all.

Yes, I've only had one TSA agent mention size to me, and I've flown about 8 times with them- I brought some 3.5 oz pouches with me last time, and they said they "should" be no more than 3 oz, but it just depends who you get- she let me go through without any problems. They've never mentioned numbers of pouches though, they always were thrilled that I had everything ready to be scanned in the clear gallon bags.

@MamaJ: why did they test your pump parts? So odd. It should just be any old plastic item shouldn't it?

@lemondrop: ya I have had an agent mention the size once. She looked at the package and said "yep they are 3 oz so they are ok" but I think that agent was uninformed and there is no size limit. For instance, an 8 oz bottle or milk should also be allowed.

@sunny: from what I've seen milk seems to be allowed in unlimited quantities, for other things it just depends on who I've gotten and if that agent is a stickler for whatever "rules" are in their head. Some have been picky about applesauce and yogurt in plastic containers, but much, much less so in the sealed pouches.

Worst case for anything, I've just had to open the container so they can wave the little paper strip in front of it. My best success though is to have everything prepared and ready in bags to be scanned, instead of rooting through my million bags to find everything. They always seem relieved and much more willing to work with me.

I have been flying with my son for three years, and we have never had an issue with sealed food in reasonable amounts.

Last domestic flight I had 4 tetra packs of whole milk, two to go cups of peanut butter and 4 applesauce pouches. No one batted an eye.