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TRADE ACCOUNTS AND OTHER RECEIVABLES (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 29, 2013
TRADE ACCOUNTS AND OTHER RECEIVABLES [Abstract] |
Schedule of Trade Accounts and Other Receivables |
|  | September 29, 2013 |  | December 30, 2012
|  | (In thousands)
Trade accounts receivable |  | $ | 399,290 |  |  | $ | 381,747 |
Account receivable from JBS USA, LLC |  |  | 4,454 |  |  |  | 1,514 |
Employee receivables |  |  | 22 |  |  |  | 48 |
Other receivables |  |  | 12,827 |  |  |  | 6,892 |
Receivables, gross |  |  | 416,593 |  |  |  | 390,201 |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  |  | (5,137 | ) |  |  | (3,757 | )
Receivables, net |  | $ | 411,456 |  |  | $ | 386,444 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the various types of trade accounts and notes receivable and for each the gross carrying value, allowance, and net carrying value as of the balance sheet date. Presentation is categorized by current, noncurrent and unclassified receivables. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.3,4) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 02 -Paragraph 3, 4 -Article 5 + Details
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