"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 ...

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.

Ellen Pompeo's trip to the airport got off to a turbulent start thanks to the TSA confiscating her snack. "I had a bag of sunflower seeds, like organic sunflower seeds from Erewhon, so they were ...

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.

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.

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

"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 ...