STOCKHOLM — 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 trees are young and wild.

Belgium's federal food safety agency (Afsca) issued a public health warning Tuesday against eating pine tree needles after the environmentally minded city of Ghent posted tips for recycling the conifers into dinner table items.

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