{"id":211540,"date":"2025-01-09T13:40:04","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T13:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/09\/dont-eat-your-christmas-trees-belgians-warned\/"},"modified":"2025-01-09T13:40:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T13:40:04","slug":"dont-eat-your-christmas-trees-belgians-warned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/09\/dont-eat-your-christmas-trees-belgians-warned\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t eat your Christmas trees, Belgians warned"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/e3.365dm.com\/25\/01\/1920x1080\/skynews-christmas-trees_6795167.jpg?20250109122134&amp;fit=1920,1080&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Don&#8217;t eat your Christmas trees, Belgians warned\" title=\"Don&#8217;t eat your Christmas trees, Belgians warned\" \/><\/div>\n<div data-component-name=\"ui-article-body\" data-highlight-intro=\"true\">\n<p>People in Belgium have been warned not to eat their Christmas trees.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities issued the warning in response to a suggestion people could reuse pine needles in recipes as a way to avoid waste.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/topic\/belgium-6217\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Belgium<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s food agency has now issued a health warning and said people should not eat their <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/topic\/christmas-7287\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Christmas<\/strong><\/a> trees.<\/p>\n<p>Ghent&#8217;s local council began a campaign last week, encouraging people to recycle their Christmas trees.<\/p>\n<p>One of its suggestions was to eat the trees&#8217; conifers by making a flavoured butter from them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That way your Christmas tree is not 100% waste,&#8221; it said in a post on its website.<\/p>\n<p>It said the recipe was inspired by Scandinavian traditions, but Belgium&#8217;s food agency suggested it was not a safe way to recycle trees.<\/p>\n<p>The council has since issued its own warning, reminding the public that not all Christmas trees are edible.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Do not confuse them with yew, which is poisonous,&#8221; it added in an update on its website.<\/p>\n<p>Trees that have been treated with a fire-resistant spray and pesticides are also not edible, it warned.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more from Sky News:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/prince-william-shares-new-photo-of-kate-and-loving-message-to-mark-her-birthday-13285791\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prince William shares new photo of Kate on her birthday<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/uk-weather-new-ice-warnings-issued-and-runway-closure-causes-travel-delays-as-temperatures-set-to-reach-16c-13285775\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New weather warning as temperatures set to reach -16C<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a statement reported via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/health\/2025\/01\/08\/dont-eat-your-christmas-tree-belgiums-food-agency-warns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Euronews<\/strong><\/a>, Belgium&#8217;s food standards agency said Christmas trees &#8220;are not meant to end up in the food chain&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is no way to ensure that eating Christmas trees is safe &#8211; either for people or animals,&#8221; the agency said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/dont-eat-your-christmas-trees-belgians-warned-13285951\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People in Belgium have been warned not to eat their Christmas trees. Authorities issued the warning in response to a suggestion people could reuse pine needles in recipes as a way to avoid waste. Belgium&#8216;s food agency has now issued a health warning and said people should not eat their Christmas trees. 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