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Acquisitions and Dispositions Schedule of Intangible Assets Acquired as Part of Business Combination (Details) (Hillshire Brands Company [Member], USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 0 Months Ended
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Aug. 28, 2014
Schedule of Intangible Assets Acquired as Part of Business Combination [Line Items] |
Total identifiable intangible assets | $ 5,141 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
Trademarks [Member] |
Schedule of Intangible Assets Acquired as Part of Business Combination [Line Items] |
Fair Value, Finite-lived Intangible Assets | 532 us-gaap_FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1 / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = tsn_HillshireBrandsCompanyMember / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_TrademarksMember
Life in Years | 20 years
Customer Relationships [Member] |
Schedule of Intangible Assets Acquired as Part of Business Combination [Line Items] |
Fair Value, Finite-lived Intangible Assets | 541 us-gaap_FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1 / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = tsn_HillshireBrandsCompanyMember / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember
Life in Years | 16 years
Noncompete Agreements [Member] |
Schedule of Intangible Assets Acquired as Part of Business Combination [Line Items] |
Fair Value, Finite-lived Intangible Assets | 6 us-gaap_FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1 / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = tsn_HillshireBrandsCompanyMember / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_NoncompeteAgreementsMember
Life in Years | 1 year
Trademarks [Member] |
Schedule of Intangible Assets Acquired as Part of Business Combination [Line Items] |
Fair Value, Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets | $ 4,062 us-gaap_IndefinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = tsn_HillshireBrandsCompanyMember / us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_TrademarksMember

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