Fruitcake has always been a danger to your waistline, taste buds and your feet if accidentally dropped; now it is a security risk for airlines. The fruitcake is so dense that when it goes through the x-ray machines at airport security, they can’t tell what is in it. It could be hiding a knife or a gun and they wouldn’t be able to tell.
If you are traveling this holiday season be aware of prohibited items for carry on luggage. Swiss army knives, scissors, bottled liquids without a government seal, knitting needles, sticks of dynamite, etc. are all prohibited and will be confiscated. Also with the dynamite, you’ll be looking at jail time.
CBC news - Canada
Wed, 10 Dec 2003
Fruitcake now security threat
MONTREAL - If you're traveling by air this holiday season, forget the fruitcake. At least as carry-on luggage. That's the advice of the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority.
Latest threat to aircraft security?
The head of the authority said Tuesday about 500,000 prohibited items have been intercepted at Canada's 89 airports during the past six months. Jacques Duchesneau said the public still isn't aware of what is allowed on board. A lot of scissors and Swiss Army knives have been confiscated.
Duchesneau said if you try to bring a fruitcake onboard, expect it to be X-rayed because they are dense and could hide a weapon.
"When seen through an X-ray machine it might represent something we might need to check. It's very dense. We don't take any chances.''