EXHIBIT 32.1

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

         In connection with the Quarterly Report of Oneida Ltd. (the "Company")
on Form 10-Q for the period ending October 25, 2003 as filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Peter J. Kallet,
Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section
1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002,
that: (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and (2) The information contained
in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition
and result of operations of the Company.


/s/ PETER J. KALLET
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Peter J. Kallet
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer
December 9, 2003


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