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Commitments and Contingencies - Numbers of Items (Details) $ in Millions |  |  |  |  | 1 Months Ended |  |  |
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Jun. 28, 2018 item | May 15, 2018 USD ($) | Apr. 27, 2018 USD ($) | Mar. 20, 2018 USD ($) | Nov. 24, 2018 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) | Sep. 19, 2012 item
Contingencies |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |  |  | $ 5,307 | $ 5,161 |
Number of search warrants executed authorizing the seizure of certain records from Seaboard's offices in Merriam, Kansas and at the Seaboard Foods employment office and the human resources department in Guymon, Oklahoma. | item |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3
Pork Product Purchasers | Pending Litigation |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Contingencies |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of plaintiffs | item | 11 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of consolidated putative class actions | item | 3 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Seaboard Foods | Regulatory Action |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Contingencies |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Settlement |  |  |  |  | $ 1 |  |  |
Cereoil |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Contingencies |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of ownership |  |  |  |  |  | 45.00% |  |
Cereoil | Cereoil Bankruptcy Trustee - Case One | Pending Litigation |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Contingencies |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Damages sought |  |  |  | $ 22 |  |  |  |
Cereoil | Cereoil Bankruptcy Trustee - Case Two | Pending Litigation |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Contingencies |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Damages sought |  |  | $ 23 |  |  |  |  |
Liabilities |  |  | 53 |  |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  | $ 30 |  |  |  |  |
Nolston |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Contingencies |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of ownership |  |  |  |  |  | 45.00% |  |
Nolston | Nolston Bankruptcy Trustee | Pending Litigation |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Contingencies |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Damages sought |  | $ 14 |  |  |  |  |  |
Liabilities |  | 29 |  |  |  |  |  |
Assets |  | $ 15 |  |  |  |  |  |

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