The Drug Administration of Viet Nam under the Ministry of Health has affirmed that licence registration, production, import and circulation of "human flesh" pills are not allowed in Viet Nam.

The health ministry also asked provincial health and market watch departments and police to co-ordinate closely with one another to detect the pills made from human foetuses or deceased infants if they appear in Vietnamese markets. The Administration warned that any organisation or individual found in violation of the regulation would be strictly punished.

The department urged people not to buy, sell or use pills that do not clearly indicate where they were made. People should report ambiguous pills immediately to relevant agencies.

The announcement came after South Korean media reported that Seoul customs authorities had seized thousands of pills from China that used the dried-up remains of dead infants or human foetuses as the main ingredient. These capsules are being sold as a medicinal ‘cure-all'.

A test from the national customs office and the institute of scientific investigation in South Korea showed that the content of the pills was 99.7 per cent human remains, the TV programme said.

Source:  VNS