Powdered baby anyone?
Powdered human flesh from China smuggled into South Korea seized
Associated Press
SEOUL // South Korea has seized thousands of smuggled drug capsules filled with powdered human flesh and is strengthening customs inspections, officials said yesterday.
The capsules were made in north-eastern China from dead babies whose bodies were chopped into small pieces and dried on cookers before being turned into powder, a statement from the Korea customs service said.
Customs officials refused to disclose where the babies came from or who made the capsules, citing possible diplomatic friction with Beijing. Chinese officials have been cracking down on the production of such capsules since last year.
The customs office has discovered 35 smuggling attempts since August of about 17,450 capsules disguised as stamina boosters, and some people believe them to be a panacea for disease, the statement said. The capsules of human flesh, however, contained superbacteria and other harmful ingredients.
The smugglers told customs officials they believed the capsules were ordinary stamina boosters and did not know the ingredients or manufacturing process. Fake and altered drug and food items have been a serious problem in China.
Ethnic Koreans from north-eastern China who now live in South Korea were intending to use the capsules themselves or share them with other Korean-Chinese, a customs official said. They were being carried in luggage or sent by international mail.
The capsules were all confiscated, but no one has been punished because the amount was deemed small and they were not intended for sale, said the customs official.
China's state food and drug administration and its health ministry did not respond to questions yesterday. But the problem of treatments made from dead foetuses or newborns has been a recurring one.
Chinese media identified the north-eastern provinces as the source of such products, especially Jilin which abuts North Korea.
The Jilin province's food and drug safety agency is responsible for investigating the trade there. Calls to the agency and to the information office of Jilin's Communist Party were not answered yesterday.
The South Korean agency began investigating after receiving a tip a year ago. No sicknesses have been reported from ingesting the capsules.
Well, there is no shortage of people in China. Whose gunna miss a few?
Insects would be a good source of protein in the future..may be sold in capsules. As long as you don't know what you are eating, it's fine.
Capsule covers are made of gelatine..which is again processed from of animals' bones and skin, mainly cow's and pig's..do hindus know they eat cows and muslims pigs??
This is indeed a strange one.
Last year, the Chinese launched an investigation into the sale of dead foetuses and placentas to produce similar capsules, mainly for sale to the Korean market. So, we also need to find out why the Koreans believe in such things so strongly..
Yukkk. Nasty people. Yuuuk.That's really sick...if they get some superbacteria in them from it, they deserve it.
don't buy "made in china" multivitamin tablets.
I hope so Fatima!
Please tell me these are one of those hoax news items you warned us about!
crazy! I heard before that they are also adding fetuses in one of their canned meat loaf.... ;( ... gross!
Can't believe it either shisha... (giving me goosebumps!) eeewwww...
It is hard for me to believe that we eat chicken, lamb, fish etc too.
My thoughts exactly shisha. If you're going to eat babies, you might as well eat them whole.
its hard to believe that people really prefer to eat powdered baby capsules
I was thinking of having a masala dosa and lost my apetite for it.
BB, Are you talking about a fertilized egg? yaaaaaaaaaaaak.
Goshh!!! Baby food :P
And some would like to eat their mates, they just don't know how to butcher them.
Tinku - Have you tried eating a chicken featus? It's called Balot.
I have a few of those among my peers.
Some people suck other people dead.
Idiots will eat anything, MM, human or not. In the end we are all just a bunch of atoms. It's only our minds that add that sentimental flavor that you are propagating here.
Sshhhh...Tinks !
Mine is natural......:)
Ok. Ape testicles aren't crushed up human babies LP.
we have Gorilla injections (steroids) used by many bodybuilders to have a gorilla kinda bodysize....:(
Yes, MM. Powdered testicles of apes where sold and eaten in the US to enhance the sexual power of men and are considered to be the reason for syphilis to be contracted by humans!
Human testicles and brains?
And in some cultures they eats brains because they think they will become more intelligent. However, it only works for idiots!
MM - I just lost my breakfast :(
In some cultures they also eat powdered testicles. So what?