--- title: Alyssa Milano's Breast Milk Confiscated at London's Heathrow Airport description: 'Mistresses' actress Alyssa Milano has lambasted officials at Heathrow after 10 oz. of her breast milk were confiscated at security canonical: https://time.com/3816770/alyssa-milano-breast-milk-confiscated-heathrow-london/ author: David Stout article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-10T07:43:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:04:36.609Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Alyssa Milano's Breast Milk Confiscated by Airport Staff og:description: Apparently it's a security risk. og:url: https://time.com/3816770/alyssa-milano-breast-milk-confiscated-heathrow-london/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt849b06fa0f2e7003/6987ea782dce0164cc9e13ee/alyssa-milano.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Alyssa Milano og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Alyssa Milano's Breast Milk Confiscated by Airport Staff twitter:description: Apparently it's a security risk. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt849b06fa0f2e7003/6987ea782dce0164cc9e13ee/alyssa-milano.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Alyssa Milano Had Her Breast Milk Confiscated by British Airport Staff by [David Stout](https://time.com/author/david-stout/) ## David Stout Apr 10, 2015 7:43 AM UTC  Alyssa Milano arrives at the LA premiere of Get Hard at the TCL Chinese Theatre on March 25, 2015, in Los Angeles Alyssa Milano arrives at the LA premiere of Get Hard at the TCL Chinese Theatre on March 25, 2015, in Los AngelesRich Fury — AP by [David Stout](https://time.com/author/david-stout/) ## David Stout Apr 10, 2015 7:43 AM UTC _Charmed_ and _Mistresses_ actress Alyssa Milano lambasted officials at London’s Heathrow Airport on Tuesday, [reports](http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/inside-alyssa-milanos-breast-milk-feud-london-heathrow/story?id=30175380) ABC, after 10 oz. of her own pre-expressed breast milk were taken from her as she passed through security. “Every ounce of milk I’m able to produce for my child is nothing short of a miracle and to watch that milk be thrown away without any regard for my baby, was heartbreaking,” said Milano. According to Heathrow’s screening [protocol](http://www.heathrowairport.com/heathrow-airport-guide/heathrow-security/faqs#breastmilk), passengers traveling with a baby or infant are supposed to be allowed to “carry a reasonable amount” of breast milk through security. Milano conceded that security staff were “following orders to keep us all safe.” But the actress said she hopes the policy undergoes a “thoughtful consideration.” _Read next:_ [_Alyssa Milano Talks About the Joys of Breastfeeding_](http://time.com/3543455/alyssa-milano-instagram-breastfeeding/?iid=time%5Freadnext) ### See 11 Adorable Babies Swimming Underwater  Zoe, 5 months Seth Casteel  Michael G., 12 months Seth Casteel  Zelda Mae, 7 months Seth Casteel  Emerson, 7 months Seth Casteel  Adeline, 10 months Seth Casteel  Bailey, 14 months Seth Casteel  Colton, 11 months Seth Casteel  Warren M., 11 months Seth Casteel  Khyleigh, 9 months Seth Casteel  Michael R., 4.5 months Seth Casteel  Valentina, 9 months Seth Casteel [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/?sl%5Fautoplay=true&xid=spl-fullbrief-article) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3816770/alyssa-milano-breast-milk-confiscated-heathrow-london/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3816770/alyssa-milano-breast-milk-confiscated-heathrow-london/"},"headline":"Alyssa Milano Had Her Breast Milk Confiscated by British Airport Staff","datePublished":"2015-04-10T07:43:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:04:36.609Z","description":"Apparently it's a security risk","url":"https://time.com/3816770/alyssa-milano-breast-milk-confiscated-heathrow-london/","keywords":["celebrities","london","Security","entertainment"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt849b06fa0f2e7003/6987ea782dce0164cc9e13ee/alyssa-milano.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"David Stout","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/david-stout/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt849b06fa0f2e7003/6987ea782dce0164cc9e13ee/alyssa-milano.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Alyssa Milano","caption":"Alyssa Milano","creditText":"Rich Fury — AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3816770/alyssa-milano-breast-milk-confiscated-heathrow-london/","name":"Alyssa Milano Had Her Breast Milk Confiscated by British Airport Staff"}}]}] ```