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This piece avoids mentioning why it was written- around this time, it came to light that new UK bank notes contain beef tallow so are problematic for Hindu and
by andylynch 4y ago
This piece avoids mentioning why it was written- around this time, it came to light that new UK bank notes contain beef tallow so are problematic for Hindu and vegan people who rightly have problems with these replacing old paper notes.
- 100pctremote 4y agoThis controversy is mentioned at the conclusion of the article
- krisoft 4y agoI remember when I visited my friend in Cambridge (UK) we ate at a quite cool vegetarian restaurant. I was surpised at the time that they had a policy of not accepting 5 pound banknotes. Later I learned that this was a protest against the tallow content of those notes. https://amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/dec/03/vegetarian-rainbow-cafe-cambridge-5-note-animal-by-product https://amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/dec/03/vegetarian-r...
- meindnoch 4y ago>rightly have problems with these replacing old paper notes. Rightly?
- urfullofsht 4y ago[dead]
- andylynch 4y agoQuite so if you hold cows sacred or are otherwise opposed to using animal products - I’m neither it’s not that different to McDonald’s not disclosing that their french fries contained beef flavouring. I’m neither and it can sound trivial, but a lot of people are and really care about this kind of thing.
- b1ue64 4y ago"This process of using fatty acids derived from animal fats has become headline news as different groups have protested against the use of animal products in the production of the new £5 note."
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