Civil Aviation to grant exceptions for typical Canary Islands products in hand luggage?

National Security in Spain seem to have listened to the complaints in the Canary Islands and, it is hoped that, within the next 15 days, an exception to the European rules on liquids in hand luggage, may come into force in the islands.

The European Union anti-terrorist rules that came into force on November 6th, limiting liquids to 100 ml bottles (totalling 1 liter) within a resealable transparent plastic bag, provoked an immediate reaction in the Canary Islands. On November 17th, formal application was made via the Spanish airports authority, AENA, for exceptions to be made to the restrictions to allow Canary made products, such as mojos, honey, almagrote (typical cheese spread from La Gomera), wines and liqueurs. (Pretty obviously, because the restrictions would have a negative impact on sales.)

At the moment, it looks like the initial exceptions may only apply to products such as cheeses and the famous Canarian mojo sauces and their derivatives to be allowed to be carried in hand luggage and, it may depend on where the products are purchased (for instance, on the airport itself) or might only apply to national and not international flights, but we'll keep an eye on the news for clarification and the exact terms, when and if this Canarian exception to the rules comes into being.

Aviación Civil permitirá como equipaje de mano algunos productos típicos

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