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Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Schedule Of Goodwill) (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
Mar. 27, 2015
Sep. 26, 2014
Goodwill [Line Items]    
Gross Carrying Amount $ 2,645.8us-gaap_GoodwillGross $ 2,621.6us-gaap_GoodwillGross
Accumulated Impairment (219.7)us-gaap_GoodwillImpairedAccumulatedImpairmentLoss (219.7)us-gaap_GoodwillImpairedAccumulatedImpairmentLoss
Specialty Brands    
Goodwill [Line Items]    
Gross Carrying Amount 2,219.1us-gaap_GoodwillGross
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= mnk_SpecialtyBrandsMember
2,194.9us-gaap_GoodwillGross
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= mnk_SpecialtyBrandsMember
Accumulated Impairment 0us-gaap_GoodwillImpairedAccumulatedImpairmentLoss
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= mnk_SpecialtyBrandsMember
0us-gaap_GoodwillImpairedAccumulatedImpairmentLoss
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= mnk_SpecialtyBrandsMember
Specialty Generics    
Goodwill [Line Items]    
Gross Carrying Amount 207.0us-gaap_GoodwillGross
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= mnk_SpecialtyGenericsMember
207.0us-gaap_GoodwillGross
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= mnk_SpecialtyGenericsMember
Accumulated Impairment 0us-gaap_GoodwillImpairedAccumulatedImpairmentLoss
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= mnk_SpecialtyGenericsMember
0us-gaap_GoodwillImpairedAccumulatedImpairmentLoss
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= mnk_SpecialtyGenericsMember
Global Medical Imaging    
Goodwill [Line Items]    
Gross Carrying Amount 219.7us-gaap_GoodwillGross
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= mnk_GlobalMedicalImagingMember
219.7us-gaap_GoodwillGross
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= mnk_GlobalMedicalImagingMember
Accumulated Impairment $ (219.7)us-gaap_GoodwillImpairedAccumulatedImpairmentLoss
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= mnk_GlobalMedicalImagingMember
$ (219.7)us-gaap_GoodwillImpairedAccumulatedImpairmentLoss
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= mnk_GlobalMedicalImagingMember