Ellen Pompeo is warning travellers to be careful when flying with sunflower seeds.

In an interview with Travel + Leisure , the Grey’s Anatomy star recounted a recent flight in which officers with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) detained her after they found she was carrying “probably the most expensive sunflower seeds money can buy.”

“I had a bag of sunflower seeds, like organic sunflower seeds from Erewhon,” Pompeo told the outlet. “They literally held me for an hour, and they brought the bomb squad in.”

Pompeo, 55, was speaking to the magazine about her travel must-haves when she’s flying.

“ Mints, glasses, water, hand sanitizer, and baby wipes. I have to do the Naomi Campbell thing and wipe down the entire seat,” she said.

But her in-flight snack la

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