“That way your Christmas tree is not 100 percent waste.” The city acknowledged that there could be health dangers in the bristly boughs. Yew, an evergreen, can be poisonous.

LONDON — Go ahead and recycle your Christmas tree. But please, Belgian authorities say, don’t try to eat it. The country’s federal food agency delivered that unusual warning this week after ...

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, ...

Belgium’s Federal Food Agency on Tuesday warned people to not eat their Christmas trees after a city council suggested recipes to reuse conifers following the holiday season. The agency was ...

Jan. 9 (UPI) --Belgium's food safety agency issued a warning to residents to not turn their Christmas trees into food after a city's recycling recommendations included using the needles in recipes.

"Christmas trees are not destined to enter the food chain," the agency said in a statement after some suggested that the needles could be stripped, blanched and dried—for use in making flavored ...

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 ...

Belgium’s Federal Food Agency on Tuesday warned people to not eat their Christmas trees after a city council suggested recipes to reuse ... “Your Christmas tree is edible as long as it is ...

Some things may go without saying, but Belgium's food agency issued a public health warning as the festive season wrapped up: don't eat your Christmas tree.

Belgium’s food agency pleads with public not to eat their Christmas trees. Agency issues warning after Ghent city council suggests recipes to ‘reuse’ conifers following holiday season ...