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Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) (Narrative) (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended						12 Months Ended
	Oct. 03, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 27, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 28, 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 ($)
Quarterly Financial Data [Line Items]
Tax Expense Adjustment- related to tax contingencies				$ 26	$ 12	$ 40
Gain (Loss) on Sale of Equity Investments		$ 21
Asset Impairment Charges							$ 285	$ 107	$ 74
Gain on disposition of Business							177	0	$ 0
Estimated Pretax Impact of Additional Week	$ 39
Operating Segments [Member] \| Prepared Foods [Member] \| Facility Closing [Member]
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Asset Impairment Charges	59					$ 49		$ 52
Plants Closed \| Facilities						3		3
Operating Segments [Member] \| Beef [Member] \| Facility Closing [Member]
Quarterly Financial Data [Line Items]
Asset Impairment Charges	12
Other [Member] \| Chicken Production Operations in Brazil and Mexico [Member]
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Asset impairment Charges and Undistributed Earnings Tax					42
Cost of Sales [Member] \| Chicken Production Operations in Mexico [Member]
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Gain on disposition of Business	161
Cost of Sales [Member] \| Chicken Production Operations in China [Member]
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Asset Impairment Charges	169
Cost of Sales [Member] \| Operating Segments [Member] \| Prepared Foods [Member] \| Facility Closing [Member]
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Asset Impairment Charges	49
Hillshire Brands Company [Member]
Quarterly Financial Data [Line Items]
Business Combination, Acquisition Related Costs	8	16	$ 14	19			$ 47	$ 59
Pre-Tax Loss Related to Legacy Hillshire Brands Plant Fire				$ 36
Pre-Tax Gain due to Insurance Proceeds (Net of Costs) Related to a Legacy Hillshire Brands Plant Fire	$ 25	$ 11	$ 8
Acquisition fees paid to third parties						$ 29
Net Income, Adjustment Hillshire Brands acquisition, integration and cost associated with the Prepared Foods improvement plan					119
Net Income, Adjustment Hillshire Brands post- closing results, purchases price accounting adjustments and ongoing cost related to legacy Hillshire plant fire					40
Net income, adjustment Hillshire Brands acquisition financing incremental interest cost					$ 27