RALEIGH, NC (August 7, 2018) — The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has issued a stop-sale order for tractor hydraulic fluid products labeled, claimed or implied as meeting THF 303, which has no known specifications available. This specification was discontinued in 1974 and it was subsequently replaced with the current JDM-J20C or D specifications. NCDA&CS issues stop-sale order on tractor hydraulic fluid J303
Manufacturers and distributors will have six months to remove these products from retail locations. These products may be relabeled to either remove the J303 specification or include a more recent John Deere specification it does meet. Online sales shall include a note that these products are not legal in North Carolina.
The Division’s Motor Fuels Laboratory tested nine brands of THF either claiming to meet J303 specifications or including “303” in their brand name. None of these products met specifications for use in modern equipment.
“Our lab found several THF products that stated they were universal, or as being approved by major manufacturers, stating no specifications of any kind on their packages,” said Stephen Benjamin, director, Standards Division. “These samples were tested to the current J20C specifications, for information reasons, and met them. However, the lack of any specifications does not provide the purchaser with information for its intended use, nor the ability to test the product for meeting those specifications.”
Retailers or distributors with this product in stock should return it to their suppliers.
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