New Zealand-based traceability technology provider Oritain has agreed a new partnership with British Wool, a collective owned by around 35,000 sheep farmers across the UK.

Oritain’s method combines forensic science and statistics to detect naturally occurring elements in fibres, including wool. Soil composition and other environmental factors give the fibre an inherent ‘fingerprint’ specific to each location. Oritain calls this the ‘origin fingerprint’.

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