New York Times, Le Figaro and the Guardian: Ghent’s advice to …
18 hours ago · The City of Ghent's advice to eat your Christmas tree after the festivities has attracted the attention of journalists across the globe. The New York Times, Britain’s the Guardian, France’s Le Figaro and even Spanish-speaking and Chinese media have all carried reports on the bizarre ‘climate-friendly’ tip urging Ghentians to boil the needles from their Christmas tree and incorporate ...
Don't eat your Christmas trees, Belgians warned - Sky News
17 hours ago · Ghent's local council began a campaign last week, encouraging people to recycle their Christmas trees. One of its suggestions was to eat the trees' conifers by making a flavoured butter from them.
Belgium’s Food Agency Advises Against Eating Your Christmas Tree
1 day ago · 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 after a ...
Belgium’s food agency pleads with public not to eat their Christmas trees
1 day ago · 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.
Belgian food safety authority: Do not eat Christmas trees
1 day ago · Ghent edited the post on its website after the warning, changing a heading from "eat your Christmas tree" to "Scandinavians eat their Christmas trees" and including a warning: "not all Christmas ...
Don’t eat your Christmas trees, Belgium’s food agency warns
2 days ago · “Your Christmas tree is edible as long as it is not yew, and your tree has not been treated with a fire-resistant spray,” Ghent Climate City wrote in a social media post. According to FASFC, however, this is an unsafe practice, as it's not easily possible for consumers to determine if Christmas trees have been treated with flame retardants.
Don't eat your Christmas tree, Belgium's food agency warns
Ghent's local council has since deleted a post on its Facebook page about eating Christmas trees and changed a heading on its website entry from "Eat your Christmas tree" to "Scandinavians eat ...
Not for dinner: Why Belgium has warned against eating Christmas trees ...
1 day ago · Christmas trees are not safe to eat. Representational Image/Pixabay Belgium’s food agency reacts. Belgium’s food agency, the Federal Food Agency (FASFC), Tuesday warned people against turning their Christmas trees into recipes. “Christmas trees are not destined to enter the food chain,” it said in a statement, as per AFP. The agency pointed out that most trees cultivated for the season ...
Don’t eat your Christmas tree, Belgians warned, after city posts …
2 days ago · Belgium’s food agency issued a public health warning as the festive season wrapped up Tuesday: don’t eat your Christmas tree. Advertisement. The unusual message came after the city of Ghent ...
Don’t eat your Christmas tree « Euro Weekly News
3 days ago · The City of Ghent has been encouraging those with Christmas trees to dispose of the trees sensibly, but one of its ideas which is to make a Scandinavian soup with the needles has caused the Belgian Federal Food Agency (FASFC) to publicly denounce the idea.
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