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Valuation And Qualifying Accounts | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 28, 2013
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
Valuation And Qualifying Accounts | FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULE TYSON FOODS, INC. SCHEDULE II VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS Three Years Ended September 28, 2013
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | in millions |
|  |  |  | Additions |  |  |  |
|  | Balance at Beginning of Period |  |  | Charged to Costs and Expenses |  |  | Charged to Other Accounts |  |  | (Deductions) |  |  | Balance at End of Period |
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2013 |  | $ | 33 |  |  | $ | 17 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (4 | ) |  | $ | 46 |
2012 |  | 31 |  |  | 7 |  |  | — |  |  | (5 | ) |  | 33 |
2011 |  | 32 |  |  | 3 |  |  | — |  |  | (4 | ) |  | 31 |
Inventory Lower of Cost or Market Allowance: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2013 |  | $ | 24 |  |  | $ | 49 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (57 | ) |  | $ | 16 |
2012 |  | 6 |  |  | 52 |  |  | — |  |  | (34 | ) |  | 24 |
2011 |  | 2 |  |  | 12 |  |  | — |  |  | (8 | ) |  | 6 |
Valuation Allowance on Deferred Tax Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2013 |  | $ | 78 |  |  | $ | 8 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (9 | ) |  | $ | 77 |
2012 |  | 92 |  |  | 16 |  |  | — |  |  | (30 | ) |  | 78 |
2011 |  | 96 |  |  | 16 |  |  | — |  |  | (20 | ) |  | 92 |

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- Definition The entire disclosure for any allowance and reserve accounts (their beginning and ending balances, as well as a reconciliation by type of activity during the period). Alternatively, disclosure of the required information may be within the footnotes to the financial statements or a supplemental schedule to the financial statements. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26873400&loc=d3e24092-122690 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 09 -Article 12 + Details
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