Labeling 
UPDATE: Petromerica Motor Oils are API Licensed
The president of US Global Petroleum (USGP), Dean Mohammad contacted PQIA today to advise that its Petromerica brand of motor oils are currently API licensed. Whereas the brand did not appear on the API list of licensed products at the time PQIA reported on the labeling issue, they in fact now are, along with a… Read More ›
City of Madison Wisconsin Moves Forward – Orders Bad Oils Off the Retail Shelves
Following the 2017 Central Weights and Measures Association (CWMA) Interim Conference presentation by the Petroleum Quality Institute of America’s President, Thomas Glenn, weights and measures inspectors in the City of Madison looked for motor oil and antifreeze sited by PQIA at all convenience stores in its jurisdiction. They found some and examined the products for… Read More ›
LABELING – RESPONSIBLE PARTY
The Fair Packaging and Labeling Act (FPLA) and the Uniform Packaging and Labeling Regulations requires each package of consumer commodities bear a label on which there is the name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor. The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s uniform standards for packaging and labeling, contained in NIST… Read More ›
Preliminary Class Action Settlement Approved For Missouri Purchasers Of O’Reilly 303 Tractor Hydraulic Fluid
On April 10, 2019, Federal District Court Judge Ortrie Smith issued his Order granting preliminary approval to a class action settlement on behalf of more than 10,000 purchasers of O’Reilly 303 Tractor Hydraulic Fluid in Missouri. In Miller, et al. v. O’Reilly Automotive, Inc., et al., the Plaintiffs alleged that the O’Reilly 303 Tractor Hydraulic… Read More ›
Heads Up – Labeling Issue
UPDATE: Petromerica Motor Oils are Now API Licensed Petromerica Semi Synthetic passenger car motor oils display the API Certification mark, but are not API licensed products. The PQIA reported on a sample of Petomerica 5W-30 it tested in January of 2016. Although the tests results showed the product met the SAE J300 specifications for the… Read More ›
A Thorn Might Be Small, But Not When It’s in Your Side
From time-to-time PQIA hears from folks that say they never see some of the “bad” oil we find on the shelves. To this, some add that if they did, you can be sure they would be smart enough not to buy them. While PQIA takes heart knowing that inferior motor oils and transmission fluids are… Read More ›
PQIA Issues Two More Consumer Alerts on Motor Oil and Transmission Fluid on Retail Shelves in Ohio
The PQIA finds more motor oil and transmission fluid on retail store shelves in the state of Ohio that can cause harm to nearly all cars currently on the road, and catastrophic destruction of some turbo charged and/or gasoline direct-injection (T/GDI) engines. The products, Q Motor Oil and ATF, do not meet any known specifications,… Read More ›
Class Action Suit filed Against Amalie AOC, LTD. For Its Marketing and Sale of Obsolete Motor Oil in Florida
Class Action Suit filed Against Amalie AOC, LTD. For Its Marketing and Sale of Obsolete Motor Oil in Florida Kanner & Whiteley, along with its co-counsel, have filed a class action lawsuit against Amalie AOC, LTD. At issue is Amalie’s XCEL Premium Motor Oil. The product is rated API SA, a motor oil service category… Read More ›
Five ATFs Examined – PQIA Issues an Advisory one, and Shines a Light on Exemplary Labeling for Another
Five ATFs Examined – PQIA Issues one Advisory The PQIA recently examined four automatic transmission fluids (ATF) labeled to meet the requirements for DEXRON®-III/MERCON® specifications and one ATF labeled to meet the DEXRON®-III specification. Although the results of the tests conducted on samples of four brands are consistent with their labeled claims, PQIA issues an… Read More ›
PQIA Issues Consumer Alerts on Two ATFs
PQIA Issues Consumer Alerts on Two ATFs The Petroleum Quality Institute of America recently issued Consumer Alerts for Mileage 365 and Q Motor Oil brands (see list below). In addition to finding serious deficiencies and contamination in the samples tested that could result in harm to an engine, the labels on the products do not… Read More ›