before today we noted the recent outcry in Britain over the country ’s novel £ 5 short letter , which is made using a minuscule amount ofanimal fat . But the British are n’t the only ones with meat money . Canada ’s coin bank promissory note have tallow as well .
The Canadian Broadcasting Company has confirm with the Bank of Canada that Canuck up-to-dateness hold animal fatness too . The addition of the lilliputian amount of tallow grant the notes to slide into machines easy .
“ Our provider of polymer substratum , Innovia Security , has corroborate that its polymer substratum used as a foundation for bank banker’s bill contain additives that may be produced from tallow , ” the message to theCBC read .
“ These additive help with the polymer manufacture cognitive operation , like to many commercially usable plastics materials . These additive would make up substantially less than 1 % of the total free weight of the substance , ” the email continues .
Polymer camber short letter have become progressively common around the world , with commonwealth like Australia being other adopters . They increase security , but as we ’ve learned in the last couple of months , they ’re not exactly vegan - friendly .
The United States still uses paper up-to-dateness , so as far as we know they ’re creature - free . But that might not last forever . There ’s a great push for the US to adopt the more inviolable polymer bank line . Probably just in time for us to go entirely cashless .
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