LEGAL PROCEEDINGS - Product Liability (Details) - case		1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 24, 2017	Jan. 31, 2019	Sep. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 30, 2016
CANADA
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of suits filed				6
Shower to Shower Product Liability Litigation
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of lawsuits (165 lawsuits involving Shower to Shower body powder product)			165
Shower to Shower Product Liability Litigation | Pending Litigation
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of lawsuits (165 lawsuits involving Shower to Shower body powder product)			12
Shower to Shower Product Liability Litigation | CANADA
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of lawsuits (165 lawsuits involving Shower to Shower body powder product)			2
Shower to Shower Product Liability Litigation | BRITISH COLUMBIA
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of lawsuits (165 lawsuits involving Shower to Shower body powder product)			1
Shower to Shower Product Liability Litigation | QUEBEC
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of lawsuits (165 lawsuits involving Shower to Shower body powder product)			1
Johnson & Johnson Talcum Powder Litigation
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of lawsuits (165 lawsuits involving Shower to Shower body powder product)	1		6		3
Number of suits filed	2
Number of cases voluntarily dismissed			4
Johnson & Johnson Talcum Powder Litigation | DELAWARE
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of cases voluntarily dismissed		122
Number of cases voluntarily dismissed, refiling period			60 days
Number of cases voluntarily dismissed, refiled			0
Johnson & Johnson Talcum Powder Litigation | NEW JERSEY
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of lawsuits (165 lawsuits involving Shower to Shower body powder product)			4
Johnson & Johnson Talcum Powder Litigation, New Jersey
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of lawsuits (165 lawsuits involving Shower to Shower body powder product)			2
Number of cases not voluntarily dismissed			3
Johnson & Johnson Talcum Powder Litigation, Delaware
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of lawsuits (165 lawsuits involving Shower to Shower body powder product)			1