0080-04-08-.04
Prohibited Acts
Cite as Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0080-04-08-.04
(1)
Distribute any antifreeze unless it is in the manufacturer’s, packager’s or distributor’s
unbroken package or is installed by the seller into the cooling system of the purchaser’s
vehicle directly from the manufacturer’s packager’s, or distributor’s package, and the label on
such package if less than five gallons, or the labeling of such package if five gallons or more,
does not bear the information required by 0080-04-08-.03.
(2)
Use the term “ethylene glycol” in connection with the name of a product which contains other
glycols unless it is qualified by the word “base,” “type,” or similar word, and unless the
product meets the following requirements:
(a)
It consists essentially of ethylene glycol;
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(b)
If it contains suitable glycols other than ethylene glycol that no more than a maximum
of 15% of such other glycols be present;
(c)
It contains a minimum total glycol content of 93% by weight;
(d)
The specify gravity is corrected to give reliable freezing point readings on a commercial
ethylene glycol type hydrometer; and
(e)
The freezing point of a 50% by volume aqueous mixture of the antifreeze shall not be
above -34º F.
(3)
Refuse, when requested, to permit a purchaser to see the container from which antifreeze is
drawn for installation into the purchaser’s vehicle.
(4)
Refill any container bearing an acceptable label, unless by the manufacturer or his duly
designated jobber, under regulations established by the Commissioner.
(5)
Distribute any antifreeze for which a practical, rapid means for measuring the freeze
protection by the user is not readily available, whether by hydrometer or other means.
(6)
Distribute antifreeze which is in violation of the Federal Poison Prevention Packaging Act, its
regulations, and related federal and state product safety laws and regulations.
(7)
Distribute antifreeze in home consumer-sized packages which are constructed of either
transparent or translucent packaging materials.