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 28. Ceramic ware   
[Ins. 
P.U.(A) 
318/12]  
 (1) In these Regulations, “ceramic ware” means any appliance or package of 
ceramic article which is used as food -ware, made of bone china, porcelain, vitrified 
china, earthenware including iron stoneware and stoneware that are used or 
intended to be used in the preparation, packaging, storage, delivery or serving of 
food, for human consumption.  
 
(2) For the purposes of these Regulations − 
 
(a) “porcelain” or commonly known as “equivalent bone china” means any 
ceramic whiteware other than stoneware having a fired white body with 
water absorption of not more than 0.4 per cent and is translucent in 
thickness of several millimeters;  
 
(b) “bone china” means any chinaware or porcelain where the body of which 
contain 25 per cent or more of calcined natural bone ash or tricalcium 
phosphate and has a water absorption of not more than 0.4 per cent;  
 
(c) “vitrified china” or commonly known as “vitreous china” or “fine china” 
means any white, opaque or translucent vitrified ceramic whiteware body and has a water absorption of not more than 0.4 per cent;  
 
(d) “earthenware” means any glazed or unglazed or decorated non- vitreous, 
porous and opaque ceramic whiteware which contains clay as an essential ingredient and can be of variable colour, and has water absorption of not less than 3.0 per cent and not more than 7.0 per cent by weight;  
 
(e) “stoneware” means any glazed or unglazed or decorated vitreous or semi -
vitreous ceramic whiteware which contains clay as an essential ingredient and can be of variable colour, and has a water absorption of not more than 
3.0 per cent, and is naturally opaque except in very thin pieces;  
 
(f) flatware” means any ceramic ware having an internal depth not exceeding 
25 millimeters, measured from the lowest point to the horizontal plane 
passing through the point of overflow; and  
 
(g) “hollow -ware” means any ceramic ware having an internal depth greater 
than 25 millimeters, measured from the lowest point to the horizontal plane 
passing through the point of overflow. Hollow -ware may be termed large or 
small according to its capacity as follows:  
 
(i) Large hollow -ware: hollow -ware with a capacity of 1.1 litres or  more.  
 
(ii) Small hollow -ware: hollow -ware with a capacity of less than 1.1 litres.  
 (3)    For the purpose of subregulation (1), ceramic ware is classified into the 
following categories:  
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 (a) Category A: porcelain, bone china, fine china, vitrified china or other  
classification of ceramic ware with water absorption of not more than 0.4 
per cent.  
 (b) Category B: earthenware and stoneware.  
 
(4) No p erson shall import, manufacture, advertise for sale or sell any ceramic 
ware that is intended for the use in the preparation, packaging, storage, delivery or 
serving of food unless when the ceramic ware is tested in accordance with 
Malaysian Standard MS IS O 6486 -1, Ceramic ware, glass ceramic ware and glass 
dinnerware in contact with food –  Release of lead and cadmium –  Part 1: Test 
method , and the amount of lead and cadmium released from the ceramic ware 
does not exceed the maximum permitted proportion as specified in Table I of the 
Thirteenth Schedule.  
 
(5)  Ceramic ware shall also conform to the specification specified in Table II of 
the Thirteenth Schedule.  
 
(6)      Any person who imports, manufactures, advertises for sale or sell ceramic 
ware shall ensur e that each of the ceramic ware is clearly and permanently 
labelled with the following information:  
 
(a) Name, trademark or any other means of identifying the manufacturer or 
supplier;  
 (b) Name of the country of origin of the product;  
 
(c) Any of the following class ification:  
 
(ii) Bone china;  
(iii) Porcelain;  
(iv) Vitrified china;  
(v) Earthenware;  
(vi) Stoneware; or  
(vii) Any other classification of ceramic ware including terracotta; and  
 
(d) The words ‘FOR FOOD CONTACT’, or the symbol as specified in Table III of the Thirteenth Schedule.  
 
(7)  For t he purpose of subregulation (6), the information shall appear 
conspicuously and prominently, and − 
 
(a) in the case of ceramic ware prepared, manufactured or packaged in 
Malaysia, be in Malay language; or  
 
(b) in the case of imported ceramic ware, be in Malay or English language,  
 
and in either case may include translation thereof in any other language.”.  
 THIRTEENTH SCHEDULE  
(Regulation 28)  
TABLE I  
MAXIMUM PERMITTED PROPORTION OF LEAD AND CADMIUM RELEASE  
 
Type of ceramic ware  Unit Lead  Cadmium  
Flat ware  mg/dm2 0.8 0.07 
Small hollow -ware  mg/l 2.0 0.20 
Large hollow -ware  mg/l 1.0 0.20 
 
TABLE II  
REQUIREMENTS FOR CERAMIC WARE  
Conversion factor: J = ft -lbf x 1.3558; ft -lbf = J x 0.73756 
TABLE III  
  
Parameter  Requirement   
Test method  
 Category A  Category B  
Earthenware  Stoneware  
Water absorption, %  Not more than 
0.4 Not less than 3.0 
and not more 
than 7.0  Not more 
than 3.0  refer to MS ISO 1817  
 
Thermal shock, 0C 160 160 refer to MS ISO 1817  
 
Chipping resistance, J:  
Plate > 220 mm in diameter  0.25 Not applicable  refer to MS ISO 1817  
 
Plate ≤ 220 mm in diameter  0.18 Not applicable  
Cup/mug/bowl (with lip)  0.10 Not applicable  
Cup/mug/bowl (without lip)  0.12 Not applicable  
Crazing  None of the test pieces show crazing  refer to MS ISO 1817