These details are seriously disgusting, and now the health department is involved.

A teen girl and her mom sparked a health department investigation after she took a stand against reusing chips and salsa in the restaurant where she worked.

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Bowie said her daughter was told during her shift that she should not throw away any "salsa, chips, etc that come back that 'looked' like they haven't been touched."

The teen felt very uncomfortable with this, so asked the restaurant's owner if the edict was true, her mom said.

When he confirmed to her it was, Bowie's daughter decided to quit.

"The owner belittled my daughter telling her she had no common sense and asked her if she is such a clean freak why is her apron dirty," Bowie wrote. "She finished her shift, like a trooper, then left and called her dad in tears."

Bowie posted about the incident, which she said got them "banned" from Su Casa, on Facebook last week. It soon spread in the community and was shared over 2,000 times.

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The story was then picked up by WWMT reporter Walter Smith-Randolph, who confronted owner Edgar Suarez about Bowie's claims. Suarez told the station he didn't realize you couldn't reuse chips and salsa.

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