Protecting the Reputation of Australian Merino Wool from Dark and/or Medullated Fibre Contamination

Australian Merino wool has enjoyed a high reputation and price premium for more than one hundred years because it produced wool tops with low levels of dark and medullated fibre contamination. Recently, early and later stage processors of Australian wool have noticed increased occurrences of dark and medullated fibres in wool tops produced from Australian Merino wool.

The DMFR scheme has been implemented to ensure the continuing reputation of Australian Merino wool by providing Wool Growers with a tool whereby they can declare their on-farm management practices to minimise this source of contamination.

The Federation of Australian Wool Organisations has prepared a brochure to provide wool growers and others with an overview of the scheme.

AWTA Ltd has also produced a brochure that links the scheme with the testing systems that are currently available and explains why the risk scheme is necessary and how it complements the testing systems.

Download or view FAWO Brochure

Download or view AWTA Ltd Brochure