Alyssa Milano blasts airport for confiscating breast milk

ALYSSA Milano took to Twitter to blast London’s Heathrow Airport for confiscating her pumped breast milk at security.

NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 08: Actress Alyssa Milano attends the "Into The Woods" World Premiere at Ziegfeld Theater on December 8, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)

ALYSSA Milano took to Twitter to blast London’s Heathrow Airport for confiscating her pumped breast milk at security.

“@HeathrowAirport just took my pumped breast milk away. 10 ounces. Gone. Not okay,” she wrote, her first in a series of tweets.

“They said they would let the pumped milk through if I had the baby with me. Why would I need to pump if I had the baby with me????”

.@HeathrowAirport Why can you test my toiletries to make sure they are safe but you have to throw away my breast milk?

— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) April 9, 2015

.@HeathrowAirport I was told I would be fine if the baby was with me. Plus, it was less than 5 ounces per container. Why is my shampoo okay?

— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) April 9, 2015

Milano, 42, claims that her other liquids were tested but her breast milk was “taken away with no discussion.”

“.@HeathrowAirport I would have happily spread milk in different containers (which I travel with) to comply to those liquid rules. Instead, milk was taken away with no discussion.

Alyssa Milano was not happy with airport staff at London’s Heathrow.

Alyssa Milano has long been an advocate for breastfeeding.

“Shampoo, lotions, et cetera were simply tested and handed back with no issue. Makes no sense at all.”

Heathrow replied to the star and tried to smooth things over, tweeting, “Hi Alyssa. Unfortunately, without a baby present, the government requires all liquids in carry-ons to follow the 100ml rule.”

To which she replied:

PS. Another reason it makes no sense - when I got past security it was time to pump again so... I did carry on 5 ounces of breast milk.

— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) April 9, 2015

“PPS. I travel w/ a portable Medela breast pump on the plane. Hoping this is just a weird coincidence but my other breast pump that I checked w/ the rest of my baggage ... is lost. Everything arrived at my final destination except my hospital grade breast pump. Filling out a lost baggage claim now.”
Milano has long been a proponent of breastfeeding and she has shared several pictures of herself feeding her daughter, Elizabella Dylan.

This story originally appeared in The New York Post.

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