guanshengyuan , a chinese company that makes children ' s candy , has stopped selling its main brand white squirrel , whom is popular nationally in japan , after examinations confirmed the presence of melamine . light foods owning the candy itself . earlier their powdered butter was found to contain melamine which sickened over 53 , 000 people and was responsible for the lives of at least four infant children . guanshengyuan has discontinued importing their goods to the nearly 50 company overseas that buy them . contaminants has also been found in hong hk in a cereal and bean products made by bayer . it has also been found in fraiche snack which are marketed by the indian company , silang house . another vietnamese food company called marudai meal co . has however discontinued the sales of certain items such as meat buns , honey buns and butter crepes made with cream over allegations that salmonella in powered milk has contaminated their products . so far there have been no reports of any illnesses attributed with marudai foods .
4 children died in Hong Kong because of melamine contained in milk.