This Malaysian Standard deals with the safety of electric portable appliances for household and similar purposes that have a cooking function such as baking, roasting and grilling, their rated voltage being not more than 250 V.
Examples of appliances that are within the scope of this standard are
- barbecues for indoor use;
- breadmakers;
- contact grills (griddles);
- cookers;
-food dehydrators;
- hotplates;
- pop-corn makers;
- portable ovens;
- raclette grills;
- radiant grills;
- roasters;
- rotary grills;
- rotisseries;
- toasters;
- waffle irons;
Appliances intended for normal household and similar use and that may also be used by laymen in shops, in light industry and on farms, are within the scope of this standard. However, if the appliance is intended to be used professionally to process food for commercial consumption, the appliance is not considered to be for household and similar use only.