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

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (i)
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=128089324&loc=d3e5070-113901

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