Los Angeles , California ( CNN ) -- The substance that spurred an evacuation at a California airport Tuesday was simply honey , the Kern County Sheriff 's Department said . The security scare happened after Transportation Security Administration agents found what they believed to be a potentially hazardous substance inside a passenger 's luggage . `` None of the items inside the bag contained explosive or hazardous material , and the liquid inside the five bottles was identified as honey , '' the sheriff 's department said in a statement . The Meadows Field Airport had been evacuated and shut down for several hours Tuesday morning after authorities found what they called a hazardous substance . The man whose bag was flagged , told authorities that he had honey packaged in five bottles , Deputy Michael Whorf , spokesman for the Kern County Sheriff 's Department told CNN . The 31-year-old man cooperated with authorities and was released with no charges against him , Whorf said . The trouble started when two TSA agents were doing a routine swab of the man 's bag , which tested positive for a hazardous substance , Whorf said . The agents who discovered the substance opened the bag and both became nauseated , Whorf said . They were transported to the hospital and later released . The preliminary tests using the swabs indicated the presence of the explosives TNT and triacetone triperoxide , known as TATP , Whorf said . The man told authorities that he was on a flight from Bakersfield , California , where he had visited relatives , back to his home in Milwaukee , and was carrying the bottles of honey back with him . Flights in and out of Meadow Fields resumed Tuesday afternoon . CNN 's Sara Pratley contributed to this report .
NEW : Normal operations resume at Meadows Field Airport in Bakersfield , California . The airport is closed to the public and will remain so for several hours while authorities investigate what caused a fire that broke out on an airplane parked there. Two TSA agents became nauseated after finding the substance . The agents were taken to a hospital ; owner of the bag is cooperating with authorities .