Abstract: Process and machine for recovering capsules from inside slaughtered animals, characterized in that said process comprises the following steps of emptying the cavity of the slaughtered animal where the capsule is located, such as the stomach, removing the capsule mixed up with the remains lodged inside said cavity; chopping up said remains; gravity-unloading of said chopped up remains via a substantially vertical pipe with means for detecting capsules that emit a signal upon detection of a passing capsule; activating separation means in response to the signal emitted by the detection means, which divert the capsule from the downward falling path caused by gravity; and storing the capsule diverted from its path into storage means.