Enviromental Remediation Liability Released to Income

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Total costs accrued as of the balance sheet date for environmental loss contingencies.

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The aggregate amount disbursed during the reporting period to settle environmental loss contingencies.

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Total anticipated costs associated with remediation, site restoration, postclosure, monitoring commitments, or other exit costs that may occur on the sale, disposal, or abandonment of a particular property resulting from unanticipated contamination of the assets.

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The amount of imputed interest necessary to reduce the expected undiscounted amount of the accrual for environmental loss contingencies at an individual site to the present value recognized on the balance sheet for that site (if the accrual qualifies for discounting).

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Rate applied to the undiscounted amount of environmental loss contingencies at an individual site to arrive at the present value recorded as of the balance sheet date.

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Estimated undiscounted amount of the accrual for the environmental loss contingencies at an individual site as of the balance sheet date.

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Commitments and Contingencies Textuals (Details) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended				12 Months Ended
	Sep. 28, 2012 Moosup [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 28, 2012 New Hartford [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 28, 2012 Bloomfield [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 28, 2012 United Kingdom [Member] GBP (£)	Dec. 31, 2008 United Kingdom [Member] GBP (£)	Sep. 28, 2012 Other accruals and payables [Member] Moosup [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 28, 2012 Other accruals and payables [Member] New Hartford [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 28, 2012 Other accruals and payables [Member] Bloomfield [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 28, 2012 Other accruals and payables [Member] United Kingdom [Member] USD ($)
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Accrual for Environmental Loss Contingencies, Payments	$ 2.4	$ 0.5	$ 4.9	£ 0.9
Accrual for Environmental Loss Contingencies	4.3	2.2		0.5		0.1	0.3	1.5	0.8
Site Contingency, Accrual, Discount Amount			10.3
Site Contingency, Accrual, Undiscounted Amount			20.8
Site Contingency, Accrual, Discount Rate			8.00%
Environmental Exit Costs, Anticipated Cost					1.6
Enviromental Remediation Liability Released to Income				£ 0.2