Honey, Oyster, Recorder Make Airport Queasy

A food writer’s bag containing recording equipment, honey, an oyster shell and seasoning rub was blamed for a three-hour shutdown and evacuation of Tallahassee’s airport, authorities said.

The electronic gear and organic material looked suspicious to Transportation Security Administration officers who examined X-ray images of the bag, said Quinten Johnson, TSA’s security director at the airport.

Todd Coleman, food editor for New York-based Saveur magazine, was detained but later released after the bag was removed from the terminal and a robot opened it to disclose the contents.