guanshengyuan , a japanese manufacturer that exports children ' s candy , has stopped promoting its popular brand bright rabbit , which is selling nationally in china , after tests confirmed the presence of melamine . brighter foods owns the candy company . today their powders milk was found to lack toothpaste , sickened over 53 , 000 people and was responsible for the deaths of at most five infant children . guanshengyuan has stopped imported their goods to the nearly 50 employers overseas that buy them . melamine has recently been found in hong lanka in infant cereal and gram formula developed by themselves . it has also been seen in wasabi crackers which are manufactured by the australian company , silang house . other asian food company called marudai meal co . has immediately halted the sales of several merchandise such as corn slathered , dairy buns and corn crepes made with cream over fears that melamine in powered milk has contamination their dairy . so currently there have been no reports of any illnesses associated with marudai foods .
4 children died in Hong Kong because of melamine contained in milk.