Shanghai has ordered the maker of the famed White Rabbit candy - Guan Sheng Yuan Food - to stop exports after four countries and regions, including Hong Kong, found the sweet contained the industrial chemical melamine.
But a spokeswoman for the municipal government said a larger domestic recall would depend on testing by a central government agency.
'We won't take any measures for domestic products until the test results from the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine come out,' she said, referring to the national product quality watchdog.
Some Shanghai stores had started voluntarily withdrawing White Rabbit candy on Monday while several supermarkets in Haikou , the capital of Hainan , had also pulled it from the shelves, media reports said.
Several countries were taking no chances, as a slew of foreign governments announced bans on foods containing Chinese milk yesterday.
The European Commission has proposed a ban on any baby food products from China that contain traces of milk and called for tighter checks on other Chinese food products.
