SEGMENT INFORMATION (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Segment Reporting Information, by Segment

The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies.

Business Segment Net Sales:

	2011		2010		2009

Specialty Products	$	47,851	$	42,239	$	36,368
Food, Pharma & Nutrition		42,525		41,994		35,407
Animal Nutrition & Health		201,491		170,838		147,663
Total	$	291,867	$	255,071	$	219,438

Business Segment Earnings Before Income Taxes:

	2011		2010		2009
Specialty Products	$	18,636	$	15,944	$	14,250
Food, Pharma & Nutrition		11,113		9,748		5,029
Animal Nutrition & Health		26,476		24,078		21,380
Interest and other income (expense)		513		361		(57	)
Total	$	56,738	$	50,131	$	40,602

Depreciation/Amortization:

	2011		2010		2009
Specialty Products	$	1,291	$	1,071	$	826
Food, Pharma & Nutrition		1,486		1,551		1,489
Animal Nutrition & Health		6,514		5,937		5,815
Total	$	9,291	$	8,559	$	8,130

Business Segment Assets:

	2011		2010		2009
Specialty Products	$	25,618	$	25,113	$	19,235
Food, Pharma & Nutrition		17,319		17,930		19,044
Animal Nutrition & Health		108,410		106,667		101,896
Other Unallocated		120,370		78,914		47,638
Total	$	271,717	$	228,624	$	187,813

Other unallocated assets consist of certain cash, receivables, prepaid expenses, equipment and leasehold improvements, net of accumulated depreciation, and deferred income taxes, which the Company does not allocate to its individual business segments.

Capital Expenditures:

	2011		2010		2009
Specialty Products	$	1,034	$	334	$	286
Food, Pharma & Nutrition		403		1,390		639
Animal Nutrition & Health		5,175		5,833		2,504
Total	$	6,612	$	7,557	$	3,429

Geographic Revenue Information

Geographic Revenue Information:

	2011		2010		2009
United States	$	191,204	$	170,949	$	145,226
Foreign Countries		100,663		84,122		74,212
Total	$	291,867	$	255,071	$	219,438

Geographic area data - long-lived assets (excluding intangible assets)

Geographic Area Data – Long-Lived Assets (excluding intangible assets):

	2011		2010		2009
United States	$	33,511	$	32,754	$	31,233
Italy		10,771		10,634		10,346
Total	$	44,282	$	43,388	$	41,579

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Tabular disclosure of the names of foreign countries from which revenue is material and the amount of revenue from external customers attributed to those countries. An entity may also provide subtotals of geographic information about groups of countries.

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Tabular disclosure of information concerning material long-lived assets (excluding financial instruments, customer relationships with financial institutions, mortgage and other servicing rights, deferred policy acquisition costs, and deferred taxes assets) located in identified geographic areas and/or the amount of revenue from external customers attributed to that country from which revenue is material. An entity may also provide subtotals of geographic information about groups of countries.

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Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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