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

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 ...

Vantage with Palki Sharma Still got your Christmas tree? In Belgium, the city of Ghent suggested recycling it—and even eating it! Recipes like pine-needle soup and flavoured butter were inspired by ...

Europe is home to the world’s best Christmas markets and one of the very best is in Antwerp, Belgium. From the UK, it takes just an hour on a plane to fly into Brussels from London and then ...

The Belgian Federal Food Agency issued the odd warning after Ghent's local authorities suggested people could reuse pine ...

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 ...

Do not use generators or grills inside. && Belgium's food safety agency warned the public about eating Christmas trees Some things may go without saying, but just in case... Belgium's food agency ...