Sept 27 (Reuters) - Four infants have died in China after being fed milk powder contaminated with the industrial chemical melamine which causes kidney stones and other complications when ingested.

Here is a list of countries that have banned or recalled China-made milk products.

IMPORT BANS: * BANGLADESH: -- Three Chinese powdered milk brands, Sanlu, Suncare and Yashili, banned. Melamine tests to be introduced on all milk powder imports at Bangladeshi seaports. * BENIN: -- Bans powered milk products from China. * BHUTAN: -- Bhutan has banned Chinese milk imports, ranging from chocolates, sweets and cakes to milk tablets. * BRUNEI: -- All Chinese milk products banned by Health Ministry, even though Brunei does not directly import dairy products from China. * BURUNDI: -- Banned import, sale of Chinese milk products. * COLOMBIA: -- Banned import of China-made powdered milk. * CAMEROON: -- Suspends import and sale of fresh and powdered milk from China. * EUROPEAN UNION: -- The 27-nation bloc banned baby food containing Chinese milk. * FRANCE: -- Banned all food items containing Chinese milk as precautionary move. * GABON: -- Introduced ban at same time as Burundi. * GHANA: -- Food and Drug Board suspended imports of all milk and milk-based products made in China. * INDIA: -- Banned import of milk and milk products from China for three months. * INDONESIA: -- Banned imports of China dairy products. * IVORY COAST: -- Banned imports of milk products from China. * MALAYSIA: -- Banned all Chinese milk imports, as well as chocolates, sweets and other foods containing milk. * MALDIVES: -- Banned Chinese milk products to protect its population of 300,000. * NEPAL: -- Banned all China milk and milk-based food products as a precautionary measure. * PAPUA NEW GUINEA: -- Banned China-made milk products. * PHILIPPINES: -- Banned import and sale of milk products from China, pending investigation of possible contamination. * SINGAPORE: -- Banned the import and sale of milk products from China on Sept 19 after finding melamine in two China-made products -- "Dutch Lady" strawberry flavoured milk, and "Yili Brand" dairy fruit bar yoghurt flavoured ice confection. -- White Rabbit Creamy Candy pulled from shelves after being found to be contaminated with melamine. * SOUTH KOREA: -- Banned China-made foods containing powdered milk after imported biscuits test positive for melamine. * SURINAME: -- Banned milk and dairy products from China, is stepping up inspections on food imported from Southeast Asia. * TAIWAN: -- All China-made dairy products banned, a milk testing station set up for consumers in Taipei. * TANZANIA: -- Suspended all China dairy imports, and seized 34 tonnes of China-made milk powder. * TOGO: -- Suspended import, distribution and sale of all Chinese-origin milk products. * VIETNAM: -- Banned China milk products. Health officials warned such products may have been sold in remote areas in the impoverished central region.

PRODUCT RECALLS: * BRITAIN: -- Supermarket chain Tesco withdrew White Rabbit Creamy Candies from stores in Britain, China and Malaysia, the only countries where it sells the sweets, as a precautionary measure. * CANADA: -- Recalled boxes of Chinese dessert mix "Nissin Retort Pouch Cha Cha Dessert", which contains a Yili milk product, after it fails tests in Hong Kong. * CHINA: -- Powdered and fresh milk products have been pulled from the 22 companies named as having sold melamine contaminated milk. See FACTBOX [ID:nPEK20969] for a list of the companies. -- Coffee chain Starbucks pulled milk from Mengniu Dairy, whose product tested positive, from its 300 outlets in China. -- Germany's biggest retailer Metro AG has withdrawn Sanlu and other suspect milk brands from two of its 37 stores in China. * HONG KONG: -- All Yili products including milk, ice-cream, ice-bars, and yoghurt products recalled. -- Nestlemilk powder taken off shelves after a newspaper reported it contains melamine. The Swiss food group says it is confident its products are melamine-free. -- H.J. Heinz Co recalled a batch of baby food in Hong Kong due to trace levels of melamine, an industrial chemical linked to a growing health scare in China.

* JAPAN: -- Marudai Food Co. Ltd withdrew five types of buns made with milk imported from China's Yili dairy firm. Source: Reuters (Compiled by Gillian Murdoch; Editing by Valerie Lee)