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Percentage of shares owned in affiliate company.

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Amount of expense for salary and wage arising from service rendered by officer. Excludes allocated cost, labor-related nonsalary expense, and direct and overhead labor cost included in cost of good and service sold.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-Section S99
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Amount of cash outflow from operating lease, excluding payments to bring another asset to condition and location necessary for its intended use.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Section 45
-Paragraph 5
-Subparagraph (c)
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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks of a company.

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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS AND OTHER MATTERS (Details Narrative) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Millions		12 Months Ended
	Oct. 02, 2019	Dec. 31, 2021	Nov. 30, 2021
April 30, 2022 [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Operating Lease, Payments	$ 23,098
May 1, 2022 Through April 30, 2027 [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Operating Lease, Payments	$ 23,302
Mr. Eugene and W. Landy [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Parent		24.00%
Mr. Eugene W. Landy, Mr. Samuel A. Landy And Ms. Anna T. Chew [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Salary and Wage, Officer, Excluding Cost of Good and Service Sold		$ 1,400,000
Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corporation [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of shares owned in affiliate company		2.7
Percentage of shares owned in affiliate company		2.70%
Share Price			$ 21.00