Litigation Settlement, Settlement Agreement, Term of Agreement

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Represents the amount of aggregate cap on retained loss for deductible/retention per claim out of total product liability insurance.

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Amount of loss contingency liability.

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The total number of new claims filed pertaining to a loss contingency during the period.

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Number of pending claims pertaining to a loss contingency.

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CONTINGENCIES (Details)		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
CONTINGENCIES (Details)	Feb. 29, 2012 action	Dec. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($) lawsuit
Product Liability
Commitments and contingencies
Deductible/retention per claim			$ 4,000,000.0
Aggregate cap on retained loss			$ 10,000,000.0
DMAA Claims \| Product Liability
Commitments and contingencies
Number of pending lawsuits in which company is named \| lawsuit			27
Elizabeth Naranjo, California Wage and Break Claims
Commitments and contingencies
Number of claims filed \| action	8
Violations of Oregon Unlawful Trade Practices Act
Commitments and contingencies
Loss contingency accrual			$ 0
Subpoena from Department of Justice Related to USP Labs
Commitments and contingencies
Term of settlement agreement		60 months