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NOTE RECEIVABLE
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2015
NOTE RECEIVABLE [Abstract]  
NOTE RECEIVABLE
NOTE 6 – NOTE RECEIVABLE
 
On October 17, 2011, the Company entered into a Custom Processing Agreement (the “Agreement”) with AVEKA Nutra Processing, LLC (“ANP”), part of the AVEKA Group, in order to provide the Company with a partner for future manufacturing initiatives.
 
The Agreement provides that ANP will perform certain services related to the Company’s dietary fiber product, including manufacturing, processing, packaging and storage/warehousing for an initial term of three years.  The Agreement automatically renews at the end of the initial term for an additional two year term unless either party provides written notice to the other within the specified time frame.     Production pursuant to the Agreement began in November 2012 and is still in the process of being ramped up to contractual minimum production volumes of 40,000 pounds per month and average volumes of 100,000 pounds per month, with the ability to increase future production volume to potentially as much as 1,000,000 pounds per month.
 
In addition, the Company agreed to make available to ANP a $500,000 line of credit (which includes $10,000 that the Company loaned ANP to assist it with the purchase of its Waukon, Iowa facility) at an interest rate of 5.5%.  The line of credit is only permitted to be used by ANP for operating costs which excludes capital expenditures of equipment in excess of $5,000.  ANP may not draw down on the line of credit more than $75,000 in any given thirty day period.  The loan is to be paid back to the Company in the form of discounts on production pricing commencing either two years after the first draw by ANP on the line of credit (other than the $10,000 the Company loaned ANP to assist it with the purchase of its Waukon, Iowa facility) or the first month after the Company has ordered 80,000 pounds of product for three consecutive months, whichever shall occur first.  All of ANP’s obligations under the line of credit, as well as the Agreement, are specifically guaranteed by its parent company, AVEKA Inc.
 
On March 28, 2014 the Company entered into an amendment to the custom processing agreement with Aveka Nutra Processing LLC relating to the repayment of the line of credit advances made by the Company plus interest.  Commencing on April 1, 2014, Aveka Nutra Processing agreed to begin paying the Company $5,000 per month to be applied to the advances made and accrued interest.
 
On January 1, 2015 the Company and ANP entered into a new Custom Processing Agreement (the “new CPA”) replacing the Agreement from October 17, 2011.  The term of the new CPA isone year.  The CPA automatically renews at the end of the initial term for an additional two year term unless either party provides written notice to the other within the specified time frame.  The new CPA provides that the Company and ANP mutually agree to release each other from the original Agreement.  Also agreed to was the Company absolution to ANP of any responsibility to pay the balance of line of credit in the amount of $459,608 and accrued interest of $59,398.  ANP further agreed to release the Company from any responsibility to pay $359,713 owed to ANP relating to the original Agreement.   The Company further agrees to remove from ANP’s premises any BioFiber Gum product and all remaining product and raw materials.  As a result of the new CPA the Company recognized a settlement loss of $159,293 as of December 31, 2014.
 
The CPA further stipulates that ANP will provide custom product processing services in the future on an order-by-order basis provided ANP has the available capacity to produce the Company’s products.  The Company agreed to give ANP purchase orders for a minimum of 40,000 pounds of product per order.