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Acquisitions (Details) (USD $) In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified | 6 Months Ended | 0 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended |
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Mar. 28, 2015 | Mar. 29, 2014 | Aug. 28, 2014 | Mar. 29, 2014 business | Sep. 27, 2014
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill | $ 6,689 us-gaap_Goodwill |  |  |  | $ 6,706 us-gaap_Goodwill
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired | 0 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired | 56 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired |  |  |
Hillshire Brands Company [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Purchase price per share of acquired entity's common stock |  |  | $ 63.00 tsn_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferredPerShareofCommonStock / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = tsn_HillshireBrandsCompanyMember |  |
Purchase Price |  |  | 8,081 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1 / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = tsn_HillshireBrandsCompanyMember |  |
Breakage costs incurred related to previously proposed acquisition |  |  | 163 tsn_TerminationFeePaidtoThirdParty / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = tsn_HillshireBrandsCompanyMember |  |
Goodwill, Purchase Accounting Adjustments | 15 us-gaap_GoodwillPurchaseAccountingAdjustments / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = tsn_HillshireBrandsCompanyMember |  |  |  |
Goodwill |  |  | 4,789 us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = tsn_HillshireBrandsCompanyMember |  |
Valuation Allowances and Reserves, Adjustments |  | 46 us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesAdjustments / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = tsn_HillshireBrandsCompanyMember |  |  |
Property, Plant, and Equipment |  |  | 1,301 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedPropertyPlantAndEquipment / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = tsn_HillshireBrandsCompanyMember |  |
Intangible Assets |  |  | 5,141 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = tsn_HillshireBrandsCompanyMember |  |
Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill |  | 18 us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = us-gaap_SeriesOfIndividuallyImmaterialBusinessAcquisitionsMember |  | 18 us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = us-gaap_SeriesOfIndividuallyImmaterialBusinessAcquisitionsMember |
Number of Businesses Acquired |  |  |  | 1 us-gaap_NumberOfBusinessesAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = us-gaap_SeriesOfIndividuallyImmaterialBusinessAcquisitionsMember |
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired |  |  |  | 56 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = us-gaap_SeriesOfIndividuallyImmaterialBusinessAcquisitionsMember |
Property, Plant, and Equipment |  | 12 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedPropertyPlantAndEquipment / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = us-gaap_SeriesOfIndividuallyImmaterialBusinessAcquisitionsMember |  | 12 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedPropertyPlantAndEquipment / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = us-gaap_SeriesOfIndividuallyImmaterialBusinessAcquisitionsMember |
Intangible Assets |  | $ 27 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = us-gaap_SeriesOfIndividuallyImmaterialBusinessAcquisitionsMember |  | $ 27 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = us-gaap_SeriesOfIndividuallyImmaterialBusinessAcquisitionsMember |

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