§ 119-13.2. Labels required on sealed containers; oil to meet minimum specifications. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 119‑13.2.  Labelsrequired on sealed containers; oil to meet minimum specifications.

(a)        It shall be unlawful to offer for sale or sell or deliver inthis State previously used oil that has not been rerefined or recycled oil thathas not been rerefined, as defined in G.S. 119‑13.1, in a sealedcontainer unless this container be labeled or bear a label on which shall beexpressed the brand or trade name of the oil and the words "made frompreviously used lubricating oil"; the name and address of the person,firm, or corporation that has rerefined or reprocessed said oil or placed it inthe container; the Society of Automotive Engineers (S.A.E.) viscosity grade;the net contents of the container expressed in U.S. liquid measure of quarts,gallons, or pints; which label has been registered and approved by the Gasolineand Oil Inspection Division of the Department of Agriculture and ConsumerServices; and that the oil in each container shall meet the minimumspecifications. The Gasoline and Oil Inspection Board shall adopt minimumquality specifications, the measurement of which shall be accomplished usingcurrent A.S.T.M. analytical procedures.

(b)        A person may represent a product made in whole or in partfrom rerefined oil to be substantially equivalent to a product made from virginoil for a particular end use if the product conforms with the applicableAmerican Petroleum Institute (A.P.I.) service classifications. (1953, c. 1137; 1979, c. 158, s. 2; 1995, c. 516, s.2; 1997‑261, s. 109.)