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.

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. By Amelia Nierenberg Amelia Nierenberg ...

Belgium's food agency has warned people not to eat their Christmas trees after the city of Ghent suggested reusing pine needles in recipes as a way to reduce waste. The country's Federal Food ...

Ghent cited what it said were ancient Scandinavian ... it agreed with their Belgian counterparts that commercially bought Christmas trees “are not considered food because they may have been ...

The Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain made the statement in response to the city of Ghent recommending cooking with conifer needles in its list of ways to recycle Christmas trees.

Belgium’s Federal Food Agency (FASFC) issued a warning Tuesday against eating Christmas trees after the city of Ghent recommended that people do so to cut back on waste. "Christmas trees are not meant ...

Belgium's food agency has now issued a health warning and said people should not eat their Christmas trees. Ghent's local council began a campaign last week, encouraging people to recycle their ...

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 ...

don’t eat your Christmas tree. The unusual message came after the city of Ghent, an environmentalist stronghold in the country’s northern Flanders region, raised eyebrows by posting tips for ...