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Property, Plant and Equipment (Details) - USD ($)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Dec. 31, 2015
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]    
Laboratory and manufacturing equipment $ 5,562,938 $ 3,766,556
Building and improvements 5,037,512 4,716,204
Office furniture and equipment 653,462 568,188
Construction in progress [1] 3,694,509 1,084,924
Land 347,114 333,486
Property, plant and equipment, gross 15,295,535 10,469,358
Accumulated depreciation (5,449,242) (4,750,544)
Property, plant and equipment, net 9,846,293 $ 5,718,814
Increase (Decrease) in Property, plant and equipment, gross 4,826,177  
Increase (Decrease) in Accumulated depreciation (698,698)  
Increase (Decrease) in Property, plant and equipment, net 4,127,479  
Laboratory and manufacturing equipment [Member]    
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]    
Increase (Decrease) in Property, plant and equipment, gross $ 1,796,382  
Laboratory and manufacturing equipment [Member] | Maximum [Member]    
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]    
Property, plant and equipment, Estimated Useful Lives 10 years  
Laboratory and manufacturing equipment [Member] | Minimum [Member]    
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]    
Property, plant and equipment, Estimated Useful Lives 5 years  
Building and improvements [Member]    
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]    
Increase (Decrease) in Property, plant and equipment, gross $ 321,308  
Building and improvements [Member] | Maximum [Member]    
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]    
Property, plant and equipment, Estimated Useful Lives 33 years  
Building and improvements [Member] | Minimum [Member]    
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]    
Property, plant and equipment, Estimated Useful Lives 10 years  
Office furniture and equipment [Member]    
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]    
Increase (Decrease) in Property, plant and equipment, gross $ 85,274  
Office furniture and equipment [Member] | Maximum [Member]    
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]    
Property, plant and equipment, Estimated Useful Lives 10 years  
Office furniture and equipment [Member] | Minimum [Member]    
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]    
Property, plant and equipment, Estimated Useful Lives 5 years  
Construction in progress [Member]    
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]    
Increase (Decrease) in Property, plant and equipment, gross [1] $ 2,609,585  
Land [Member]    
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]    
Increase (Decrease) in Property, plant and equipment, gross $ 13,628  
[1] As of December 31, 2016, construction in progress consisted principally of initial costs incurred in connection with the building and equipping of our Nisin production plant for Mast Out®. As of December 31, 2015, construction in progress consisted principally of partial payments towards new manufacturing equipment related to expanding our production capacity for First Defense®.