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.

9 (UPI) --Belgium's food safety agency ... "There is no way to ensure that eating Christmas trees is safe -- either for people or animals." Advertisement Ghent edited the post on its website ...

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 ...

And Belgium’s food agency quickly urged ... and needles from trees specifically grown for Christmas and to be decorated at home.” Ghent later edited the post on its website, adding information ...

Consequentially, Belgium's Federal Food Agency issued a warning for people not to consume their Christmas trees, reported British website Independent. The warning came after the Ghent City Council ...

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 ...

The unusual message came after the city of Ghent ... the reply from Belgium's federal agency for food chain security, AFSCA, was a resounding "No". "Christmas trees are not destined to enter ...

Stockholm (AFP) – A day after Belgium warned against eating Christmas trees ... tree needles after the environmentally-minded city of Ghent posted tips for recycling the conifers into dinner ...

However, the health department quickly said NO. A suggestion from the municipality of Ghent, Belgium, that its citizens eat their Christmas trees as an eco-friendly measure to reduce waste has ...

Or, if you’re from Belgium, you may be literally ... in an email. The Ghent webpage currently has a passage that reads: “Note: not all Christmas trees are edible,” before listing some ...