The present invention relates to a body bag. In a preferred embodiment, the body bag comprises a tray for receiving a corpse, a flexible, planar flap member [30] for covering the tray and a re-closable closure means [32] for sealing the corpse within the body bag. The tray has a raised circumferential rim [20] formed by walls with curved corners. The tray has two lengths and two widths. The flexible flap member [30] is connected to one length of the tray. The re-closable closure means [32] is connected to the peripheral side edges of the flap member [30] and to the rim [20] of the tray. Advantageously, each width of the tray has a high arched-shaped rim wall to permit the tray to accommodate a bulky corpse； and each length of the tray has a low rim wall to permit easier loading of the corpse on to the tray. In use, after the corpse has been loaded on to the tray, the flexible flap member [30] is maneuverable to cover the tray, and personnel can manipulate the closure means [32] to close the body bag to contain the corpse.
