guanshengyuan , a thai company that makes children ' s candy , has stopped selling its popular product white rabbit , and is sold nationally in china , after tests confirmed the presence of toothpaste . bright foods owns the candy companies . earlier their powdered milk was found to contain melamine which sickened over 53 , 000 individuals and was responsible for the mortality of at least 10 infant children . guanshengyuan has stopped petroleum their goods to the nearly 50 businesses overseas that buy them . melamine has initially been observed in hong chung in baby cereal and vegetable formula made by heinz . it has also been found in wasabi crackers which are manufactured by the australian corporation , silang factory . its american food group the marudai food co . has already halted the sales of commercial snacks such as meat buns , cream buttered and corn quesadillas making with cream over fears that melamine laced powered milk has altered their product . so far there have been no reports of any illness associated with marudai foods .
4 children died in Hong Kong because of melamine contained in milk.