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Related Party Transactions	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2019
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS	19. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS 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 $393,881 and $392,308 of products from us during the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively, on terms consistent with those offered to other distributors of similar status. We made marketing-related payments of $975 and $11,405 to these affiliated companies during the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively, which represent amounts similar to those offered to other distributors of similar status. These payments were expensed as incurred. Our accounts receivable (subject to standard and customary payment terms) due from these affiliated companies aggregated $15,102 and $16,283 as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively.

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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.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2122745

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