# Giving unopened canned food for NPC companions to eat does not open can

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/giving-unopened-canned-food-for-npc-companions-to-eat-does-not-open-can/13957>\
**Category:** The Garage\
**Created:** [July 2, 2017, 7:39am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/giving-unopened-canned-food-for-npc-companions-to-eat-does-not-open-can/13957 "2017-07-02T07:39:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Azrad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Azrad](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Azrad)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 7:39am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/giving-unopened-canned-food-for-npc-companions-to-eat-does-not-open-can/13957/1 "2017-07-02T07:39:44Z")

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The NPCs will eat the content of the can without even opening it. Once the can is empty, it remains a sealed tin can that can’t be used to can food again.

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**Author:** ![Treah](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/treah/32/194_2.png) [@Treah](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Treah)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 5:05pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/giving-unopened-canned-food-for-npc-companions-to-eat-does-not-open-can/13957/2 "2017-07-11T17:05:50Z")

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You should post this as a bug on the bug tracker on github unless it’s already there.

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**Author:** ![Treah](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/treah/32/194_2.png) [@Treah](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Treah)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 9:16pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/giving-unopened-canned-food-for-npc-companions-to-eat-does-not-open-can/13957/3 "2017-07-11T21:16:23Z")

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Nevermind its already there. However I am unable to reproduce this? I spawned in a NPC made them my friend and then gave them a food can. No can was left in their inventory or in mine… Also when editing them to be able to pick items up they wont pick up canned food. So I gave them a backpack and gave them a can. Also no empty can being generated.

At this point I cannot reproduce what you did. Can you let me know the sequence of events that caused this and also what version of the game your running?