Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements (Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Jun. 27, 2015	Sep. 27, 2014	Jun. 28, 2014	Sep. 28, 2013
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 471	$ 438	$ 587	$ 1,145
Accounts receivable, net	1,633	1,684
Inventories	3,082	3,274
Other current assets	214	379
Assets held for sale	189	446
Total Current Assets	5,589	6,221
Net Property, Plant and Equipment	5,312	5,130
Goodwill	6,690	6,706
Intangible Assets, net	5,202	5,276
Other Assets	650	623
Investment in Subsidiaries	0	0
Total Assets	23,443	23,956
Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity
Current debt	1,205	643
Accounts payable	1,621	1,806
Other current liabilities	1,150	1,207
Liabilities held for sale	52	141
Total Current Liabilities	4,028	3,797
Long-Term Debt	6,029	7,535
Deferred Income Taxes	2,447	2,450
Other Liabilities	1,256	1,270
Total Tyson Shareholders' Equity	9,667	8,890
Noncontrolling Interest	16	14
Total Shareholders' Equity	9,683	8,904
Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity	23,443	23,956
TFI Parent [Member]
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	0	0	0	0
Accounts receivable, net	4	3
Inventories	0	0
Other current assets	13	42
Assets held for sale	3	3
Total Current Assets	20	48
Net Property, Plant and Equipment	27	30
Goodwill	0	0
Intangible Assets, net	0	0
Other Assets	139	204
Investment in Subsidiaries	21,626	20,845
Total Assets	21,812	21,127
Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity
Current debt	799	240
Accounts payable	25	35
Other current liabilities	5,620	4,718
Liabilities held for sale	0	0
Total Current Liabilities	6,444	4,993
Long-Term Debt	5,518	7,056
Deferred Income Taxes	3	21
Other Liabilities	180	167
Total Tyson Shareholders' Equity	9,667	8,890
Noncontrolling Interest	0	0
Total Shareholders' Equity	9,667	8,890
Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity	21,812	21,127
TFM Parent, Guarantors [Member]
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	13	41	15	21
Accounts receivable, net	612	665
Inventories	1,260	1,272
Other current assets	48	78
Assets held for sale	0	0
Total Current Assets	1,933	2,056
Net Property, Plant and Equipment	979	932
Goodwill	881	881
Intangible Assets, net	12	15
Other Assets	154	148
Investment in Subsidiaries	2,169	2,049
Total Assets	6,128	6,081
Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity
Current debt	1	0
Accounts payable	716	755
Other current liabilities	159	235
Liabilities held for sale	0	0
Total Current Liabilities	876	990
Long-Term Debt	1	2
Deferred Income Taxes	98	96
Other Liabilities	123	125
Total Tyson Shareholders' Equity	5,030	4,868
Noncontrolling Interest	0	0
Total Shareholders' Equity	5,030	4,868
Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity	6,128	6,081
Non-Guarantors [Member]
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	458	397	572	1,124
Accounts receivable, net	1,017	1,016
Inventories	1,822	2,002
Other current assets	165	379
Assets held for sale	186	443
Total Current Assets	3,648	4,237
Net Property, Plant and Equipment	4,306	4,168
Goodwill	5,809	5,825
Intangible Assets, net	5,190	5,261
Other Assets	357	326
Investment in Subsidiaries	0	0
Total Assets	19,310	19,817
Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity
Current debt	405	403
Accounts payable	880	1,016
Other current liabilities	857	921
Liabilities held for sale	52	141
Total Current Liabilities	2,194	2,481
Long-Term Debt	510	532
Deferred Income Taxes	2,346	2,333
Other Liabilities	953	978
Total Tyson Shareholders' Equity	13,291	13,479
Noncontrolling Interest	16	14
Total Shareholders' Equity	13,307	13,493
Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity	19,310	19,817
Eliminations [Member]
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	0	0	$ 0	$ 0
Accounts receivable, net	0	0
Inventories	0	0
Other current assets	(12)	(120)
Assets held for sale	0	0
Total Current Assets	(12)	(120)
Net Property, Plant and Equipment	0	0
Goodwill	0	0
Intangible Assets, net	0	0
Other Assets	0	(55)
Investment in Subsidiaries	(23,795)	(22,894)
Total Assets	(23,807)	(23,069)
Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity
Current debt	0	0
Accounts payable	0	0
Other current liabilities	(5,486)	(4,667)
Liabilities held for sale	0	0
Total Current Liabilities	(5,486)	(4,667)
Long-Term Debt	0	(55)
Deferred Income Taxes	0	0
Other Liabilities	0	0
Total Tyson Shareholders' Equity	(18,321)	(18,347)
Noncontrolling Interest	0	0
Total Shareholders' Equity	(18,321)	(18,347)
Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity	$ (23,807)	$ (23,069)