FACTBOX: Africa, Asia, Europe: bans and recalls on China milk

(Reuters) - France, South Korea, Vietnam, India and Nepal have joined more than a dozen countries that have banned China dairy imports, while others from Australia to Yemen recalled products by Thursday, fearing potentially lethal melamine-tainted milk has made its way to their markets. Here is a list of how different countries are reacting. 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. * BHUTAN: -- Bhutan banned Chinese milk imports, ranging from chocolates, sweets and cakes to milk tablets on Tuesday. * 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 on Saturday. * FRANCE: -- Banned all food items containing Chinese milk as precautionary move on Wednesday. * 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 on Tuesday. * INDIA -- Banned import of milk and milk products from China for three months on Thursday. * INDONESIA: -- Banned imports of China dairy products on Tuesday. * 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. * NEPAL: -- Banned all China milk and milk-based food products on Thursday as a precautionary measure. * PHILIPPINES: -- Banned import and sale of milk products from China on Tuesday, 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 flavored milk, and "Yili Brand" dairy fruit bar yoghurt flavored ice confection. -- White Rabbit Creamy Candy pulled from shelves after being found to be contaminated with melamine on Sunday. * SOUTH KOREA: -- Banned China-made foods containing powdered milk late on Wednesday, after imported biscuits test positive for melamine. * TAIWAN: -- All China-made dairy products banned on Sunday, a milk testing station set up for consumers in Taipei on Monday. * TANZANIA: -- Suspended all China dairy imports, and seized 34 tonnes of China-made milk powder on Tuesday. * TOGO: -- Suspended import, distribution and sale of all Chinese-origin milk products on Wednesday. * VIETNAM: -- Banned China milk products on Thursday. 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. -- 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, a spokesman said on Tuesday. * HONG KONG: -- All Yili products including milk, ice-cream, ice-bars, and yoghurt products, recalled last Thursday. -- Nestle milk powder taken off shelves after a newspaper reported it contains melamine. The Swiss food group says it is confident its products are melamine-free. * 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; reporting by Beijing newsroom, Jeremy Smith in Annecy, Darren Schuettler in Bangkok, Daniel Magnowski in Dakar, George Obulutsa in Dar Es Salaam, Ho Binh Minh in Hanoi, Fitri Wulandri and Telly Nathalia in Jakarta, Gopal Sharma in Kathmandu, Bill Tarrant in Kuala Lumpur, Manolo Serapio Jr in Manila, Bappa Majumdar in New Delhi, Massimiliano Di Giorgio in Rome, Jon Herskovitz in Seoul, Kevin Lim in Singapore, Ralph Jennings in Taipei, Naoto Okamura in Tokyo, Lisa Richwine in Washington; Editing by Sanjeev Miglani)) ʘ