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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0508</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2026-01-27</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000811641</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>IMMUCELL CORP /DE/</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>ICCC</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001517536</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Brockmann Bobbi Jo</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O IMMUCELL CORPORATION</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>56 EVERGREEN DRIVE</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>PORTLAND</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>ME</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>04103</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <officerTitle>VP of Sales and Marketing</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <aff10b5One>0</aff10b5One>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Options (right to buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>6.265</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2026-01-27</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>100000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2036-01-27</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>100000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>100000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Option grant made to Ms. Brockmann in connection with her employment as Vice President of Sales and Marketing. The option shall be treated as an incentive stock option to the maximum extent permitted by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, with the balance treated as a nonqualified stock option. The stock option vests as follows: 33,333 shares becoming exercisable on each of January 27, 2027 and January 27, 2028 and 33,334 shares becoming exercisable on January 27, 2029.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Timothy C. Fiori Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2026-01-29</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
