USANA Health Sciences, Inc. Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Property And Equipment

Property And Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Property And Equipment [Abstract]

Property And Equipment

NOTE F – PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

Cost of property and equipment and their estimated useful lives is as follows:


	Years	January 1, 2011		December 31, 2011
	Years	January 1, 2011		December 31, 2011

Buildings	40	$	38,732	$	40,173
Laboratory and production equipment	5-7		17,723		21,083
Sound and video library	5		600		600
Computer equipment and software	3-5		27,788		30,621
Furniture and fixtures	3-5		4,953		5,117
Automobiles	3-5		290		294
Leasehold improvements	3-5		5,404		5,723
Land improvements	15		2,051		2,051
			97,541		105,662
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization			48,298		54,437
			49,243		51,225
Land			8,107		8,109
Deposits and projects in process			218		1,420
		$	57,568	$	60,754

Depreciation of property and equipment for the years ended 2009, 2010, and 2011 was $7,043, $7,510, and $7,431, respectively

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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