ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Sales Reserves (Details) - Reserve for sales returns $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Disclosure [Line Items]
Balance at Beginning of Year	$ 147
Provision related to sales made in current period	1,326
Adjustment related to sales made in prior periods	(8)
Actual returns or credits related to current period	(1,207)
Actual returns or credits related to prior periods	(145)
Balance at End of Year	$ 129

Actual returns or credits related to the sale of packs and products shipped to the customers in prior periods.

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Total of allowances and reserves, the valuation and qualifying accounts that are either netted against the cost of an asset (in order to value it at its carrying value) or that reflect a liability established to represent expected future costs, charged to costs and expenses.

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Total of the deductions in a given period to allowances and reserves, the valuation and qualifying accounts that are either netted against the cost of an asset (in order to value it at its carrying value) or that reflect a liability established to represent expected future costs, representing receivables written off as uncollectible and portions of the reserves utilized, respectively.

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Amount of increase (decrease) in the allowances and reserves, which consist of the valuation and qualifying accounts that are either netted against the cost of an asset or that reflect a liability established to represent expected future costs, from adjustments.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 235
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (SX 210.12-09)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26873400&loc=d3e24092-122690

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