Derivative Financial Instruments (Details Textual) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended
Jul. 01, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011
Derivative (Textual) [Abstract]
Cash collateral	$ 7,366	$ 9,820
Derivative Financial Instruments (Additional Textual) [Abstract]
Call options purchased to match the funding requirements	Call options are one, two and three year options
FGL purchases call options to fund the next index credit	One, two or three year call options to fund the next index credit
Futures contract [Member]
Derivative (Textual) [Abstract]
Futures contracts	2,140	2,458
Maximum [Member]
Derivative (Textual) [Abstract]
Maximum amount of loss due to credit risk	156,919	52,335
Standby Letters of Credit [Member]
Derivative (Textual) [Abstract]
Standby letters of credit	0
Spectrum Brands [Member]
Derivative (Textual) [Abstract]
Notional Amount	2,249	0
Notional value for foreign exchange derivative contracts outstanding	189,538	265,974
Credit reserve on its derivative assets	26	18
Cash collateral	1,717	418
Spectrum Brands [Member] \| Standby Letters of Credit [Member]
Derivative (Textual) [Abstract]
Standby letters of credit		2,000
Foreign exchange contracts [Member] \| Spectrum Brands [Member]
Derivative (Textual) [Abstract]
Derivative net loss/gain	1,880
Derivative net loss/gain, Net of tax benefit/expense	1,262
Derivative net loss Net of Noncontrolling interest	1,389
Estimated amount of derivative net losses to be reclassified from AOCI into earnings over the next twelve months	1,762
Notional Amount	120,804
Swap contracts [Member] \| Spectrum Brands [Member]
Derivative (Textual) [Abstract]
Derivative net loss/gain	1,279
Derivative net loss/gain, Net of tax benefit/expense	428
Derivative net loss Net of Noncontrolling interest	946
Estimated amount of derivative net losses to be reclassified from AOCI into earnings over the next twelve months	850
Weight of raw material under derivative contract	16
Notional Amount	$ 31,665

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Accumulated other comprehensive income loss cumulative gain loss from derivative instrument before tax portion attributable to noncontrolling.

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Accumulated other comprehensive income loss cumulative gain loss from derivative instrument tax.

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Call options purchased to fund the next index credit.

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Call options purchased to match the funding requirements.

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Weight of raw material under derivative contract.

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Aggregate notional amount specified by the derivative(s). Expressed as an absolute value.

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The aggregate fair value of assets that are already posted, at the end of the reporting period, as collateral for derivative instruments with credit-risk-related contingent features.

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Fair value as of the balance sheet date of credit risk derivative assets, which includes all such derivative instruments in hedging and non-hedging relationships that are recognized as assets on the balance sheet.

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The effective portion of net gain (loss) reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income into income on derivative instruments designated and qualifying as hedging instruments.

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The number of derivative instruments of a particular group held by the entity.

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The total amount of the contingent obligation under letters of credit outstanding as of the reporting date.

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Maximum amount the entity would be obligated to pay on the credit risk derivatives upon occurrence of a credit event.

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Aggregate notional amount of foreign currency exchange rate derivatives. Notional amount refers to the number of currency units specified in the foreign currency derivative contract.

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