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The March 5, 1973, Great Michigan Pizza Funeral was the ceremonial disposal of 29,188 frozen cheese-and-mushroom pizzas in Ossineke, Michigan. The manufacturer, Mario Fabbrini, had been ordered to recall the pizzas by the Food and Drug Administration after initial tests suggested botulism was present in a batch of canned mushrooms. Fabbrini decided to ceremonially dispose of the pizzas to demonstrate accountability and receive publicity. The pizzas were tipped into an 18-foot deep hole in the ground before a crowd of onlookers, who were addressed by Michigan governor William Milliken. Later tests by the FDA ruled out botulism. Fabbrini sued his suppliers and the Michigan Court of Appeals awarded him $211,000 in 1979, though he closed his business a few years later.