COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES	3 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2020
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]	NOTE 6: COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES Contracts and Licensing Agreements On May 25, 2016, the Company entered into an Exclusive Marketing License Agreement (“Telcon Agreement”) with Celtis Pharm Co., Ltd., who subsequently changed their name to Telcon Pharmaceutical Co., LTD (“Telcon”), a medical company in the South Korea. The Telcon Agreement grants to Telcon an exclusive license to market and sell Biomerica’s new InFoods® IBS products (“IBS Products”) in South Korea. The term of the agreement is for a period of five years following Korean FDA clearance of the product and provides an additional two years for Telcon to attain such Korean FDA clearance. The sequential two-year and five-year terms do not begin until after Biomerica first receives final clearance for sale of the IBS Products in the United States from the US FDA. Telcon, at its sole cost and expense, must use its commercially reasonable good faith efforts to obtain Korean FDA for the IBS Product to be sold in South Korea. The agreement may be cancelled if Biomerica has not obtained final US FDA clearance for sale of the IBS Products on or before December 31, 2019. Biomerica is also obligated to maintain a full quality assurance system for the IBS Products following the harmonized standards according to Annex IV of Directive 98/79/EC. The terms of the Telcon Agreement provide up to $1.25 million in exclusivity fees based on certain milestones including Biomerica’s starting clinical trials in the United States, receipt of US FDA clearance and Telcon’s first sales of IBS Products in Korea. If Biomerica commences FDA Trials and Telcon pays the initial $250,000 milestone-based exclusivity fees, and the Agreement is subsequently terminated by either party for lack of performance, then Biomerica shall issue to Telcon 83,333 shares of Biomerica common in consideration for the $250,000 of paid exclusivity fee. No exclusivity fees have yet been paid. Additionally, the Telcon Agreement provides for a royalty of 15% paid to Biomerica on all sales in Korea of the IBS Product, and further sets the pricing of IBS Products sold to Telcon. In order to retain the exclusivity within South Korean, Telcon must meet certain annual minimum royalty payments to Biomerica following Telcon’s receipt of Korean FDA approval or clearance for the IBS Product to be sold in Korea, which in no case will be later than May 31, 2019. In September 2017, the Telcon Agreement was amended to extend the date by which Telcon must attain Korean FDA approval until April 30, 2020. During the quarter ended August 31, 2020, a second amendment was signed extending the required FDA approval date to December 31, 2021. On June 25, 2020, the Company entered into a Clinical Trial Agreement with the University of Texas Health Science Center for the purpose of conducting a clinical trial of the Biomerica InFoods product. The term of the agreement shall be until completion of the work outlined and the charges will be invoiced monthly for work performed in the previous month. The maximum budgeted costs will be $139,850. As disclosed in the Form 10K filed with the SEC on August 31, 2020, on July 2, 2020, the Company received a notice of investigation and subpoena to produce information and documents from the Division of Enforcement of the SEC. The subpoena seeks information and documents related to events and circumstances leading up to our March 17, 2020 announcement that we had commenced shipping samples of our COVID-19 IgG/IgM Rapid Test to countries outside of the United States, and had initiated the application process with the United States Food and Drug Administration under the COVID-19 Emergency Use Authorization for approval to market and sell the test in the United States. The subpoena also seeks information and documents about the identity of any persons who were aware of the substance of the March 17, 2020 announcement prior to that date. The Company is continuing to cooperate fully with the SEC’s investigation and provide information as requested. At this time, the Company is unable to predict the duration, scope or outcome of this investigation.

NOTE 6: COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Contracts and Licensing Agreements

On May 25, 2016, the Company entered into an Exclusive Marketing License Agreement (“Telcon Agreement”) with Celtis Pharm Co., Ltd., who subsequently changed their name to Telcon Pharmaceutical Co., LTD (“Telcon”), a medical company in the South Korea. The Telcon Agreement grants to Telcon an exclusive license to market and sell Biomerica’s new InFoods® IBS products (“IBS Products”) in South Korea. The term of the agreement is for a period of five years following Korean FDA clearance of the product and provides an additional two years for Telcon to attain such Korean FDA clearance. The sequential two-year and five-year terms do not begin until after Biomerica first receives final clearance for sale of the IBS Products in the United States from the US FDA. Telcon, at its sole cost and expense, must use its commercially reasonable good faith efforts to obtain Korean FDA for the IBS Product to be sold in South Korea. The agreement may be cancelled if Biomerica has not obtained final US FDA clearance for sale of the IBS Products on or before December 31, 2019. Biomerica is also obligated to maintain a full quality assurance system for the IBS Products following the harmonized standards according to Annex IV of Directive 98/79/EC.

The terms of the Telcon Agreement provide up to $1.25 million in exclusivity fees based on certain milestones including Biomerica’s starting clinical trials in the United States, receipt of US FDA clearance and Telcon’s first sales of IBS Products in Korea. If Biomerica commences FDA Trials and Telcon pays the initial $250,000 milestone-based exclusivity fees, and the Agreement is subsequently terminated by either party for lack of performance, then Biomerica shall issue to Telcon 83,333 shares of Biomerica common in consideration for the $250,000 of paid exclusivity fee. No exclusivity fees have yet been paid.

Additionally, the Telcon Agreement provides for a royalty of 15% paid to Biomerica on all sales in Korea of the IBS Product, and further sets the pricing of IBS Products sold to Telcon. In order to retain the exclusivity within South Korean, Telcon must meet certain annual minimum royalty payments to Biomerica following Telcon’s receipt of Korean FDA approval or clearance for the IBS Product to be sold in Korea, which in no case will be later than May 31, 2019. In September 2017, the Telcon Agreement was amended to extend the date by which Telcon must attain Korean FDA approval until April 30, 2020. During the quarter ended August 31, 2020, a second amendment was signed extending the required FDA approval date to December 31, 2021.

On June 25, 2020, the Company entered into a Clinical Trial Agreement with the University of Texas Health Science Center for the purpose of conducting a clinical trial of the Biomerica InFoods product. The term of the agreement shall be until completion of the work outlined and the charges will be invoiced monthly for work performed in the previous month. The maximum budgeted costs will be $139,850.

As disclosed in the Form 10K filed with the SEC on August 31, 2020, on July 2, 2020, the Company received a notice of investigation and subpoena to produce information and documents from the Division of Enforcement of the SEC. The subpoena seeks information and documents related to events and circumstances leading up to our March 17, 2020 announcement that we had commenced shipping samples of our COVID-19 IgG/IgM Rapid Test to countries outside of the United States, and had initiated the application process with the United States Food and Drug Administration under the COVID-19 Emergency Use Authorization for approval to market and sell the test in the United States. The subpoena also seeks information and documents about the identity of any persons who were aware of the substance of the March 17, 2020 announcement prior to that date. The Company is continuing to cooperate fully with the SEC’s investigation and provide information as requested. At this time, the Company is unable to predict the duration, scope or outcome of this investigation.