The Belgian Federal Food Agency issued the odd warning after Ghent's local authorities suggested people could reuse pine needles in recipes to avoid waste. View on euronews ...

And Belgium’s food agency quickly urged the public against such a gastronomic experiment. “Christmas trees are not intended to end up in the food chain,” Hélène Bonte, an agency ...

The Ghent website had suggestions on how to recycle the conifers at the dinner table, such as by making flavoured butter with ...

A day after Belgium warned against eating Christmas trees, Swedish officials said that the needles can be safely used to make butter and other products -- as long as the trees are young and wild.

A Belgian city has sparked confusion after advising its residents to eat Christmas trees, despite being potentially poisonous ...

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 ...

STOCKHOLM — A day after Belgium warned against eating Christmas trees, Swedish officials said that the needles can be safely used to make butter and other products — as long as the trees are young and ...

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 ...