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Cash and Cash Equivalents

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Cash and Cash Equivalents [Abstract]

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

3. CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

Cash and cash equivalents consisted of the following:

		As of March 31, 2018				As of December 31, 2017
Cash and cash equivalents		$	3,060,470			$	3,798,811

Short-term investments were liquidated during 2017 to finance the investment in our Nisin production facility. The cost of securities sold is determined based on the specific identification method. Realized gains and losses, and declines in value judged to be other than temporary, are included in investment income. We are required by bank debt covenant to maintain at least $2,000,000 of otherwise unrestricted cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments.

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The entire disclosure for cash and cash equivalent footnotes, which may include the types of deposits and money market instruments, applicable carrying amounts, restricted amounts and compensating balance arrangements. Cash and equivalents include: (1) currency on hand (2) demand deposits with banks or financial institutions (3) other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits (4) short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates. Generally, only investments maturing within three months from the date of acquisition qualify.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 305
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2122426

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