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Related Party Transactions | 12 Months Ended
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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 DefenseÒ product line and CMT), and of J-t Enterprises of Melrose, Inc., an exporter. His affiliated companies purchased $490,323 and $527,819 of products from us during the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, on terms consistent with those offered to other distributors of similar status. We made marketing-related payments of $975 and $12,380 to these affiliated companies during the years ended December 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 $0 and $16,283 as of December 31, 2019 and 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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