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Acquisitions - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) | 12 Months Ended |  |  |  | 1 Months Ended |
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Sep. 29, 2012 Acquisition | Sep. 27, 2014 | Sep. 28, 2013 | Sep. 24, 2011 | Dec. 31, 2012 FourStar Microbial [Member] | Apr. 01, 2014 Envincio, LLC [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Purchase of certain assets |  |  |  |  |  | $ 20,300,000
Excess of purchase price included in goodwill | 210,223,000 | 208,233,000 | 205,756,000 | 210,223,000 |  | 2,477,000
Assets acquired during the period |  |  |  |  | 4,800,000 |
Contingent future performance-based payments |  |  |  |  | 4,200,000 |
Excess of purchase price recorded as goodwill |  |  |  |  | $ 3,200,000 |
Company made acquisitions | 0 |  |  |  |  |

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