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The total number of new claims filed pertaining to a loss contingency during the period.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 450

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

-Paragraph 4

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Commitments and Contingencies (Details) (USD $)	0 Months Ended
Commitments and Contingencies (Details) (USD $)	Apr. 04, 2015 item	Oct. 17, 2014 item	Sep. 18, 2014 item	Apr. 29, 2015 item	Sep. 19, 2012 item
Contingencies
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Number of individuals, where records requested by court		1	1
Number of search warrants executed authorizing the seizure of certain records from Seaboard's offices in Merriam, Kansas and at the Seaboard Foods employment office and the human resources department in Guymon, Oklahoma.					3
Number of civil or criminal proceedings or charges filed	0
Committed bank line
Debt Instrument
Letters of credit outstanding	10,000
Uncommitted bank lines
Debt Instrument
Letters of credit outstanding	1,531,000
Subsequent event
Contingencies
Number of foreign companies, where records requested by court				37
Number of individuals, where records requested by court				5