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Related Party Transactions | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
Related Party Transactions [Abstract] |
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS |
17. | RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Dr. David S. Tomsche (Chair of our Board of Directors) is a controlling owner of Leedstone Inc. (formerly Stearns Veterinary Outlet, Inc.), a domestic distributor of ImmuCell products (First Defense® and CMT) and of J-t Enterprises of Melrose, Inc., an exporter. His affiliated companies purchased $465,670 and $476,311 of products from ImmuCell during the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, on terms consistent with those offered to other distributors of similar status. We made marketing-related payments of $3,168 and $2,925 to these affiliate companies during the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, that were expensed as incurred. Our accounts receivable (subject to standard and customary payment terms) due from these affiliated companies aggregated $27,909 and $3,221 as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for related party transactions. Examples of related party transactions include transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiary; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) and entity and its principal owners; and (d) affiliates. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 850 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2122745 + Details
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