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Please Don’t Eat Your Christmas Tree, Belgium Urges the Public
The country’s food agency warned against using evergreens in food after the city of Ghent suggested an unusual form of recycling: spruce needle butter.
Not for dinner: Why Belgium has warned against eating Christmas trees
Christmas trees are not supposed to end up on your dinner table. Well, if you were thinking otherwise, Belgium’s food agency has issued a warning asking people not to eat conifers
Don't eat your Christmas tree: Belgium food agency warns against consuming pine needles
Belgium's Federal Food Agency has issued a warning against consuming Christmas trees after Ghent's council suggested repurposing the trees in recipes. The agency highlighted safety concerns, including potential pesticide and flame retardant presence,
Belgium’s food agency pleads with public not to eat their Christmas trees
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. It included a suggestion of making flavoured butter and soup from the pine needles,
'Please Don't Eat Your Christmas Tree' Says Belgium's Food Agency
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 said in a statement.
Don’t eat your Christmas tree, Belgians warned, after city posts food tips
The Ghent website had suggestions on how to recycle the conifers at the dinner table, such as by making flavoured butter with the needles.
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