Belgium’s Federal Food Agency on Tuesday warned people to not eat their Christmas trees after a city council suggested recipes to reuse conifers following the holiday season. The agency was ...

Jan. 8, 2025 Go ahead and recycle your Christmas tree. But please, the Belgian authorities say, don’t try to eat it. The country’s federal food agency delivered that unusual warning this week ...

Belgium's food agency issued a public health warning as the festive season wrapped up Tuesday: don't eat your Christmas tree. The unusual message came after the city of Ghent, an environmentalist ...

Jan. 9 (UPI) --Belgium's food safety agency issued a warning to residents to not turn their Christmas trees into food after a city's recycling recommendations included using the needles in recipes.

The agency was forced to issue the bizarre warning after the council in Ghent City launched a campaign last Thursday encouraging people to recycle their Christmas trees to reduce waste.

Some things may go without saying, but just in case... Belgium's food agency issued a public health warning as the festive season wrapped up Tuesday: don't eat your Christmas tree. The unusual message ...

Asked what they thought of the idea, the reply from Belgium's federal agency for food chain security, AFSCA, was a resounding "No". "Christmas trees are not destined to enter the food chain," it ...