Is candy not allowed to be brought on your carry on baggage at the airport?

i have never heard of this about the candy either but some people have had problems. i will check with the airllines and the travel agents..some people i talked to said they have heard about this...maybe an overzealous security force? i know that they planted some fake bombs and weapons and that 60 % of these phony bompbs/weapons got through because of lax security..maybe the security was tightened? or they were overzealous...i don't know..i will keep checking.

I had some pieces of candies (menthos and max) with me in my handbag when my father and I travelled to Canada last April and back to Phil in May, and the candies were not confiscated. The mineral water my father had was not allowed so I told my father to consume the water. All other liquids (perfume, shampoo, lotion) were not allowed at handcarried luggage/ bags, so we put them on the check-in luggages. We also had some chocolates in our handcarried bag when we left Vancouver going back to Phil, but most of the chocolates for "pasalubong" we placed at the check in luggage. Maybe they are stricter in the US, compared to Canada immigration officers. But I dont see why candies are not allowed. So I would suggest to put the candies and chocolates in your check in luggages especially if you're bringing a lot for pasalubong.

if you buy the producets in the "safe" zone in the airport then you can bring them onboard..maybe this candy was not bought in the "safe" zone..but i have had other people tell me the same reports that candy was confiscated..and this was Heshey candies.. there also was a security test and sixty percent of the fake bombs and weapons got through security..maybe the security was overzealous because candy is covered with tin foil ?? x-ray could not penetrate..? well, i am going to check this out myself..at the travel agency and i know people who work for Northwest..thanks for your input..coming from the was not the problem..but it was right here in Detroit DTW that this happened..i found out never to take anything for granted ...thanks for your input...

Yup, let's just stay home and get used to the virtual travel via the internet. LOL!

yes, and what gets me is the airlines are still saying they are losing money..i womder why..???is it because they forgot how to treat the public?

i like your post the best..at least your are realistic..some people think i just made this up..duh? but what is real is that they just had a sting operation and over half of the fake bombs and weapons got through..but they did nab a lot of doughnuts from those terrible tourist..lol..maybe we all should just stay home as the world is just getting to be a lot more troublesome..and they say that half the fun of a trip is getting there? methinks not..lol..thanks for your post straw berry bear.

i wonder if hershey kisses looks suspicious in the x=ray..this happened in detroit not the philippines..but it could have been a "newly trained" agents or a terrorist alert as they just had a check with 60 percent of the fake bombs and weapons going trough without security finding them...that could cause a lot of trouble for the security agents..

thanks for the post..i heard of the same tale from other people..some people still try to carry knives and box cutters onboard...even finger nail cutters are forbidden...60 per cent of the fake bombs and weapons they planted in a recent sting operation ..got through so the security was caught with their guard down..maybe the security agents are being overzealous? well, it gives me an excuse not to bring candy for the philippines..lol

thanks for the post..my wife (asaswa) will be leaving Dec 5 and coming back May 28, 2008..i will join her around May 7 for three weeks.. I am glad you told me about the DVD..we never buy these items anyway because this is where certain criminal elements make a lot of money..from bootleg tapes and DVD's..it happens a lot in the Philippines but also a lot of other countries too.. have a nice holiday

i guess it is because the airlines just got an evlaulation...60 percent of the "fake bombs" and "fake weapons" got through the screeners..duh..but the doughnuts did not get past the security guards..so you are safe..you are right..i get hungry on the airplance to japan..12 hours and i need more then what the airplane wants to dish out..lol

the rules are changing read down to the other posts about the illegal DVD and such that is being confiscated in the Philippines..the amount conficated was not a large amount..just Hershey candies..but you never know???

60 per cent of the planted bombs and weapons got through the security in a recent sting operation at the airport...maybe now the agents are overzealous? these were Hershey canddies..maybe the agents were hungry? lol..anything is possible since 911.. i don't go to Canada as I don't want to bother with the added security...i used to do to dine and sightsee...now i have just lost interest and i only live 45 miles from Windsor, Candada..but I have been to Germany since and my wife brought a lot of German candy back with her on the carry on bag..lol..but I still like American candy better...snickers..hershey..etc etc