A city in Belgium suggested its residents eat their Christmas tree, but health officials warned it could be dangerous.

Belgium's Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain warned residents that Christmas trees are not edible after a town's website included using conifer needles to cook on its list of ways to ...

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 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 ...

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

People in Belgium have been warned not to eat their Christmas trees. Authorities issued the warning in response to a suggestion people could reuse pine needles in recipes as a way to avoid waste.