Poisonous Pins - the case of the deadly decorations

In 1968 Sears inadvertently sold pins that were decorated with deadly beans. The pins, imported from Japan, were discovered to be decorated with highly poisonous jequirity beans. The fact that the beans were poisonous was brought to Sear's attention when a man who worked for the Agriculture Department in Maryland, was shopping at Sears and noticed the beans.

Sears immediately issued an urgent recall for an estimated 300 to 400 pins sold nationwide in their stores.

There were two designs to the pins, one with a face, with the beans used as eyes, and one with a flower with the beans used in the center.

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