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Inventories

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

3.	INVENTORIES

The composition of inventories at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 are as follows:

	March 31, 2015			December 31, 2014
Raw materials	$	4,089,753		$	3,365,093
Finished goods		6,298,150			5,021,536
Inventories, gross		10,387,903			8,386,629

Inventory reserves		(290,796	)		(277,296	)

Inventories, net	$	10,097,107		$	8,109,333

The inventory reserves shown in the table above reflect slow moving and obsolete inventory.

The Company manages an inventory program for one of its customers to improve the promotion of the Company's products. The Company manages the inventory levels at the customer’s warehouses and recognizes revenue as the products are sold by the customer. The inventories managed at the customer’s warehouses amounted to approximately $474,000 and $493,000 at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively, and are included in inventories, net on the balance sheet.

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The entire disclosure for inventory. This may include, but is not limited to, the basis of stating inventory, the method of determining inventory cost, the major classes of inventory, and the nature of the cost elements included in inventory. If inventory is stated above cost, accrued net losses on firm purchase commitments for inventory and losses resulting from valuing inventory at the lower-of-cost-or-market may also be included. For LIFO inventory, may disclose the amount and basis for determining the excess of replacement or current cost over stated LIFO value and the effects of a LIFO quantities liquidation that impacts net income.

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