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DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION - Additional Information (Details)
bird / WK in Millions, lb in Billions
 3 Months Ended
Apr. 01, 2018
employee
bird / WK
state
grower
country
lb
Sep. 08, 2017
bird / WK
Business Acquisition [Line Items]    
Number of countries in which entity exports products | country 100  
Number of states in which entity operates | state 14  
Number of employees | employee 51,400  
Maximum processing capacity of employees per week (in birds per week) | bird / WK 45.2  
Maximum annual processing capacity of employees (in pounds) (more than) | lb 13.1  
Number of contract growers | grower 5,200  
Percentage of beneficial ownership by holding company 78.50%  
Moy Park    
Business Acquisition [Line Items]    
Number of employees | employee 10,200  
Maximum processing capacity of employees per week (in birds per week) | bird / WK   6.1
Percentage of equity acquired   100.00%