"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 says she faced a sunflower seed-related security snafu at the airport, when the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) brought in a bomb squad to inspect her snack food.

"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," the Grey's Anatomy star recalled to Travel ...

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 ...

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. “I had a bag of ...

A bag of 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.

“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 explained.

Ellen Pompeo says she faced a sunflower seed-related security snafu at the airport, when the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) brought in a bomb squad to inspect her snack food.

“I had a bag of sunflower seeds, organic sunflower seeds from Erewhon, so they were probably the most expensive sunflower seeds money can buy,” Pompeo told Travel + Leisure in an interview ...

"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," she told Travel + Leisure in an interview ...