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Residents of a European country have been advised not to eat Christmas trees.
In Belgium, the Federal Food Chain Safety Agency (AFSCA) has issued a warning to residents not to try to eat Christmas trees. The Guardian reports this.
According to the publication, the warning appeared after a message appeared on the website of the city of Ghent in the Flanders region, known for its struggle to protect the environment, that in order to reduce the amount of waste, Christmas trees can be recycled and eaten. The message suggested cleaning, blanching and drying fir needles to make, for example, flavored oil.
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However, AFSCA said Christmas trees are not intended for consumption.
“There is no way to ensure that Christmas trees are safe to eat—either for people or animals,” the agency said, citing the likely presence of pesticides on most trees grown for the holiday season.
AFSCA added that there is no easy method for people to determine whether trees have been treated with a fire retardant. Not knowing this, the agency says, could have “serious, even fatal consequences.”
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“In short, there are many reasons not to encourage or incentivize the reuse of Christmas trees in the food chain,” it said.
The Guardian notes that city officials may have taken the AFSCA's warning to heart and changed the title of the post from "Eat Your Christmas Tree" to "Scandinavians Eat Their Christmas Trees" - the post cited examples from Scandinavia where people allegedly recycled Christmas trees in unusual ways.
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