Asian countries including Bangladesh may have imported the tainted milk formula that has claimed the lives of 3 babies in China so far. China's Guangdong-based Yashili and Qingdao-based Suncare recalled their tainted milk powder, which is exported to five countries in Africa and Asia: Bangladesh, Yemen, Gabon, Burundi and Myanmar. So far, all the sick infants in China were found to have consumed milk powder produced by the company at the heart of the crisis, Sanlu Group Co. Most babies developed urinary problems, including kidney stones, after consuming Sanlu milk powder for three to six months, a Chinese minister said. Chinese authorities waited to see if tainted products turned up overseas. Li of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, gave no indication if the exports from China were contaminated but said the companies involved were recalling their products. An AFP report quoted a Bangladeshi government official as saying that food and commerce officials would meet this weekend to determine whether the tainted products had entered Bnagladesh. China's Health Minister Chen Zhu confirmed that three babies have died and more than 6,200 babies have fallen sick after drinking the formula, while dozens of infants are suffering from acute kidney failure. He said he expected the numbers of affected babies to increase as "more and more parents take kids to the hospital." The Chinese government has labelled the poisonings a "level one" food safety incident and formed an emergency team to grapple with the fallout. Tests have so far revealed that 69 batches of formula made by 22 companies were contaminated with the banned substance, officials say. A Chinese official confirmed melamine was found in a yogurt ice-bar made by Yili, one of China's two biggest dairy producers, which was sold in the southern territory of Hong Kong. Four milk suppliers have been arrested in China so far. Source: AP, AFP, BBC Online