You never know what sort of chaos might befall you at an airport these days. Take it from Ellen Pompeo: The Grey’s Anatomy star told Travel + Leisure that TSA recently called in a bomb squad after she attempted to go through security with some Erewhon sunflower seeds .

“I had a bag of sunflower seeds, like, organic sunflower seeds from Erewhon, so they were probably the most expensive sunflower seeds money can buy,” Pompeo said. “They literally held me for an hour, and they brought the bomb squad in. I was like, ‘What is happening? Is this a joke?’” According to Pompeo, they told her the issue was most likely a chemical on the packaging. “I almost missed the flight.”

Thankfully, Pompeo and her high-protein snack eventually made it through. I guess the moral of the story is to b

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