Vegetarian cafe refuses to accept £5 note made with animal byproduct

A vegetarian restaurant owner’s decision not to accept the new £5 note because it contains traces of meat byproducts has come under fire from vegetarians and omnivores alike.

Sharon Meijland, who has run the Rainbow cafe in Cambridge for three decades, said she would not allow customers to pay with the polymer note because the animal byproduct tallow is used during the production process.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/dec/03/