# Leaking bag, what to do?

**URL:** <https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/leaking-bag-what-to-do/25869>\
**Category:** First Cook Essentials\
**Created:** [May 7, 2020, 2:00am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/leaking-bag-what-to-do/25869 "2020-05-07T02:00:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![guerra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@guerra](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/guerra)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 2:00am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/leaking-bag-what-to-do/25869/1 "2020-05-07T02:00:54Z")

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Did my SV cook, everything look fine at first but then noticed that the vacuum bag seal failed. Juices leaked into the bath, bath water leaked into the bag. A real mess.  
What do you do? Throw the whole mess out? Or do eat as normal?

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**Author:** ![john.jcb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/john.jcb/32/7269_2.png) [@john.jcb](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/john.jcb)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 11:08am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/leaking-bag-what-to-do/25869/2 "2020-05-07T11:08:46Z")

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If the cook is finished eat as normal. Give your circulator a good cleaning.  
I had this happen once on a long cook. I repackaged meat cleaned the mess up and started again with fresh water.