North Carolina Issues a Stop-Sale Order On “303” Tractor Hydraulic Fluid

As reported by the Petroleum Quality Institute of America on Wednesday of this week, the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (NCDA&CS) issued a stop-sale order for tractor hydraulic fluid (THF) products labeled, claimed or implied as meeting THF 303, which has no known specifications available.

The NCDA&CS order requires that, 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. CLICK FOR MORE