Net Income Per Ordinary Share Net Income Per Ordinary Share (Details) (USD $) In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended																12 Months Ended
	Dec. 28, 2012		Sep. 28, 2012		Jun. 29, 2012		Mar. 30, 2012		Dec. 30, 2011		Sep. 30, 2011		Jul. 01, 2011		Apr. 01, 2011		Dec. 28, 2012	Dec. 30, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Numerator:
Net income attributable to Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc.	$ 0		$ 23.5		$ 57.2		$ 62.5		$ 10.1	[1]	$ (12.2)		$ (35.2)		$ (55.2)		$ 143.2	$ 92.5	$ 62.2
Denominator:
Weighted average number of ordinary share - Basic																	57,937,245	58,893,832	60,535,978
Effect of dilutive securities - employee stock option																	184,256	269,450	174,961
Weighted average number of ordinary share - Diluted																	58,121,501	59,163,282	60,710,939
Net income per ordinary share attributable to Fresh Del Monte Produce Onc.:
Basic	$ 0.00	[2]	$ 0.40	[2]	$ 0.99	[2]	$ 1.08	[2]	$ (0.17)	[1],[2]	$ 0.21	[2]	$ 0.59	[2]	$ 0.94	[2]	$ 2.47	$ 1.57	$ 1.03
Diluted	$ 0.00	[2]	$ 0.40	[2]	$ 0.99	[2]	$ 1.08	[2]	$ (0.17)	[1],[2]	$ 0.21	[2]	$ 0.59	[2]	$ 0.93	[2]	$ 2.46	$ 1.56	$ 1.02
Antidilutive stock options									208,152								0		203,104

[1] Diluted earnings per share for the quarter ended December 30, 2011 excludes the impact of stock options for 208,152 ordinary shares, as they were antidilutive.

[2] Basic and diluted earnings per share for each of the quarters presented above is based on the respective weighted average number of shares for the quarters. The sum of the quarters may not necessarily be equal to the full year basic and diluted earnings per share amounts due to rounding.