Don’t eat this. What is it?

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Answer: Christmas Tree

Clues: “Fir” and “Decorated”

The food agency in Belgium issued a random seasonal health warning:  “Don’t eat your Christmas tree.”

The alert said, “Christmas trees are not destined to enter the food chain, there’s no way to ensure that eating Christmas trees is safe either for people or animals.

“There’s no easy way to tell if Christmas trees have been treated with pesticides and not knowing that could have serious, even fatal consequences.”

This wasn’t totally out of the blue.  It was in response to some viral stories about how you can recycle your Christmas tree by including it in your cooking.  There’s even a book called “How to Eat Your Christmas Tree”.

(The Guardian)