China's health authorities said Tuesday that medications made from human remains were not found in the country, but they will further investigate the matter, Xinhua reported. Deng Haihua, spokesman with the Ministry of Health, made the remarks in response to media reports that so-called "health capsules" made with aborted fetuses were smuggled into the Republic of Korea from China.

China has strict rules on the disposal of the remains of dead infants, aborted fetuses and placentas, which are categorized as human remains and banned from being disposed of as medical waste. Medical institutions and their staff are forbidden to trade human remains, including placentas.

(China.org.cn May 10, 2012)

據(jù)新華社報道，周二，衛(wèi)生部發(fā)言人鄧海華就媒體報道的關(guān)于國內(nèi)由死胎或死嬰制成的“人肉膠囊”走私到韓國一事作出回應(yīng)。衛(wèi)生部表示，國內(nèi)尚未發(fā)現(xiàn)“人肉膠囊”，但是有關(guān)部門會進一步調(diào)查。

據(jù)了解，中國對于嬰兒遺體、胎兒遺體以及胎盤的治理和處置有嚴格規(guī)定，嚴禁將嬰兒遺體、胎兒遺體按照醫(yī)療廢棄物進行處理，嚴禁醫(yī)療機構(gòu)及其工作職員進行患者遺體，包括胎盤的買賣。