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Commitments And Contingencies Contingencies (Details)
 0 Months Ended 1 Months Ended 0 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Mar. 28, 2015
Claims
Dec. 07, 2012
Garcia Case [Member]
USD ($)
Mar. 17, 2011
Garcia Case [Member]
USD ($)
Sep. 22, 2014
Bouaphakeo Case [Member]
USD ($)
Aug. 25, 2014
Bouaphakeo Case [Member]
USD ($)
Jan. 30, 2014
Acosta Case [Member]
USD ($)
May 31, 2013
Acosta Case [Member]
USD ($)
Oct. 02, 2013
Gomez Case [Member]
USD ($)
Mar. 30, 2015
Abdiaziz Case [Member]
Subsequent Event [Member]
USD ($)
Sep. 30, 2006
Republic of the Philippines, Department of Labor and Employment and the National Labor Relations Commission [Member]
USD ($)
Sep. 30, 2006
Republic of the Philippines, Department of Labor and Employment and the National Labor Relations Commission [Member]
PHP
Jun. 23, 2014
Republic of the Philippines, Department of Labor and Employment and the National Labor Relations Commission [Member]
USD ($)
Jun. 23, 2014
Republic of the Philippines, Department of Labor and Employment and the National Labor Relations Commission [Member]
PHP
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]                          
Number of cases filed 9us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber                        
Loss Contingency, Damages Awarded, Value   $ 3,609,723us-gaap_LossContingencyDamagesAwardedValue
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= tsn_GarciaCaseMember		 $ 503,011us-gaap_LossContingencyDamagesAwardedValue
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= tsn_GarciaCaseMember		   $ 5,784,758us-gaap_LossContingencyDamagesAwardedValue
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= tsn_BouaphakeoCaseMember		 $ 18,774,989us-gaap_LossContingencyDamagesAwardedValue
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= tsn_AcostaCaseMember		 $ 5,733,943us-gaap_LossContingencyDamagesAwardedValue
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= tsn_AcostaCaseMember		 $ 4,960,787us-gaap_LossContingencyDamagesAwardedValue
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= tsn_GomezCaseMember		 $ 730,548us-gaap_LossContingencyDamagesAwardedValue
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= tsn_AbdiazizCaseMember
/ us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis
= us-gaap_SubsequentEventMember		 $ 77,000,000us-gaap_LossContingencyDamagesAwardedValue
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= tsn_RepublicofthePhilippinesDepartmentofLaborandEmploymentandtheNationalLaborRelationsCommissionMember		 3,453,664,710us-gaap_LossContingencyDamagesAwardedValue
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= tsn_RepublicofthePhilippinesDepartmentofLaborandEmploymentandtheNationalLaborRelationsCommissionMember		    
Loss contingency, damages sought       2,692,145us-gaap_LossContingencyDamagesSoughtValue
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= tsn_BouaphakeoCaseMember		     6,258,330us-gaap_LossContingencyDamagesSoughtValue
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= tsn_AcostaCaseMember		            
Loss Contingency, Range of Possible Loss, Maximum                       $ 8,000,000us-gaap_LossContingencyRangeOfPossibleLossMaximum
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= tsn_RepublicofthePhilippinesDepartmentofLaborandEmploymentandtheNationalLaborRelationsCommissionMember		 342,287,800us-gaap_LossContingencyRangeOfPossibleLossMaximum
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= tsn_RepublicofthePhilippinesDepartmentofLaborandEmploymentandtheNationalLaborRelationsCommissionMember