It has been quite a while but the last made in Turkey Fram filter that I saw cut open also had the wound cord bypass section. The made in Mexico Fram was cotton gin waste.

When we had the big comparison thread we saw Baldwin filters that also had no cotton gin waste.

All of the filters made in Mexico or India were reported to have the cotton gin waste for a bypass section regardless of the name on the label. There are large filter factories which make filters for a number of different labels.

Even the dealers have no vested interest in supplying a filter that will protect your engine. There is no engine under a warranty plan that uses these filters, is there?