"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 ...

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

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

Ellen Pompeo is used to playing out dramatic scenarios on the small screen, but that didn't prepare her for a recent airport experience that led to a bomb squad being called in. In an interview with ...