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The cash inflow associated with the amount received from the sale of a portion of the company's business, for example a segment, division, branch or other business, during the period.

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Dispositions (Narrative) (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended				12 Months Ended
Dispositions (Narrative) (Details) $ in Millions	Oct. 03, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 27, 2014 USD ($)	Sep. 27, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 28, 2014 USD ($) Facilities	Oct. 03, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 27, 2014 USD ($) Facilities	Sep. 28, 2013 USD ($)
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Asset Impairment Charges					$ 285	$ 107	$ 74
Proceeds from sale of businesses					539	0	0
Gain on disposition of Business					$ 177	0	$ 0
Beef [Member] \| Operating Segments [Member] \| Facility Closing [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Asset Impairment Charges	$ 12
Prepared Foods [Member] \| Operating Segments [Member] \| Facility Closing [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Asset Impairment Charges	59			$ 49		$ 52
Plants Closed \| Facilities				3		3
Cost of Sales [Member] \| Prepared Foods [Member] \| Operating Segments [Member] \| Facility Closing [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Asset Impairment Charges	49
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses [Member] \| Prepared Foods [Member] \| Operating Segments [Member] \| Facility Closing [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Asset Impairment Charges	$ 10
2.75% Senior notes due September 2015 [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Stated interest rate	2.75%				2.75%
Chicken Production Operations in Brazil and Mexico [Member] \| Other [Member] \| Other [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Disposal Group, Consideration			$ 575			$ 575
Chicken Production Operations in Brazil [Member] \| Other [Member] \| Other [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Asset Impairment Charges			$ 39
Proceeds from sale of businesses		$ 148
Chicken Production Operations in Mexico [Member] \| Other [Member] \| Other [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of businesses	$ 374
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Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Gain on disposition of Business	161
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Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Gain on disposition of Business	$ 161
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Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Disposal Group, Future Contingent Consideration, Period of production volumes						11 years 6 months
Guarantor Obligations Release of Guarantees						$ 100
Dynamic Fuels Deconsolidation [Member] \| Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of businesses						$ 30
Variable Interest Entity, Qualitative or Quantitative Information, Ownership Percentage						50.00%
Future Contingent Cash Payment						$ 35
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Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Gain on disposition of Business						$ 3