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Related Party Transactions | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019
Related Party Transactions [Abstract] |
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS |
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Dr. David S. Tomsche (Chair of our Board of Directors) is a controlling owner of Leedstone Inc., a domestic distributor of ImmuCell products (the First Defense® product line and CMT) and of J-t Enterprises of Melrose, Inc., an exporter. His affiliated companies purchased $176,866 and $209,633 of products from us during the three-month periods ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, on terms consistent with those offered to other distributors of similar status. We made marketing-related payments of $0 and $10,383 to these affiliated companies during the three-month periods ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, that were expensed as incurred. Our accounts receivable (subject to standard and customary payment terms) due from these affiliated companies aggregated $35,543 and $16,283 as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, 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://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 850 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2122745 + Details
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