The Grey’s Anatomy star, 55, was stopped by TSA in March for attempting to board a plane with a bag of Erewhon sunflower seeds, she reveals in a new interview with Travel + Leisure.

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"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." ...

Ellen Pompeo was detained by TSA for an hour due to organic sunflower seeds in her carry-on bag. TSA suspected a chemical on the packaging of the sunflower seeds, prompting a bomb squad investigation.

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

Ellen Pompeo Detained for Hour by TSA and Bomb Squad Over Erewhon Sunflower Seeds. Grey's Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo said she had the bomb squad called on her by the Transportation Security ...

“I had a bag of sunflower seeds, like organic sunflower seeds from [upscale grocery] Erewhon, so they were probably the most expensive sunflower seeds money can buy,” the 55-year-old actress ...

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

Ellen Pompeo has revealed that she was detained by TSA and had a bomb squad called in after she attempted to board a plane with sunflower seeds in her carry-on luggage back in March. Emma McIntyre ...

Ellen Pompeo's organic sunflower seeds were flagged by Transportation Security Administration officials, highlighting the agency's food guidelines for carry-on luggage.

"They literally held me for an hour," the "Grey's Anatomy" star revealed of a flight she took in March.