Officials claim that man got sick from eating rat poison found inside Taco Bell burrito.

A man was hospitalized after getting sick from eating a meal from Taco Bell that allegedly contained rat poison, a spokesperson for the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office in Colorado confirmed to TODAY.com.

On Sunday, Jan. 15 at 1 p.m., officers responded to a disturbance call from Taco Bell regarding a customer and workers in the drive-thru, John Bartman, the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office public information deputy, told TODAY.com on Jan. 18.

Bartman stated that there was no evidence of criminal activity on the scene. However, they discovered that the dispute was about the soda machine’s inability to work. The customer demanded a food substitution for the soda, and he left.

Bartman stated that the customer didn’t eat the food until 7 p.m. on that day.

“He then ate the food, felt a burning and became ill. He called 911 and was transported to the hospital,” Bartman said. He said the hospital contacted the local authorities to inform them of “a patient complaining he had eaten food with rat poison in it.”

“Deputies responded to the hospital and did find food that had a greenish-gray substance in some of the food,” he continued, adding that the customer has since been released from the hospital. Officials did not identify the man and there was no information provided about the customer’s health.

Bartman stated that investigators were called to Taco Bell to investigate the scene.

“The safety of customers and team members is a priority. The franchisee who owns and operates this location has informed us that they are working with local authorities in their investigation,” a Taco Bell spokesperson said in a statement to TODAY.com on Jan. 18.

Bartman stated that local health and environmental officials were also contacted and that all employees of the store had to throw away their food before they could reopen.

Officials are treating the incident as if the man had eaten the food laced with rat poison.

This article was originally published by TODAY.com