Unaudited Quarterly Data (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended												12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2011		Mar. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010		Sep. 30, 2010	Jun. 30, 2010		Mar. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009		Sep. 30, 2009	Jun. 30, 2011		Jun. 30, 2010		Jun. 30, 2009
Unaudited Quarterly Data
Net sales	$ 1,482,000,000		$ 1,304,000,000	$ 1,179,000,000	[1]	$ 1,266,000,000	$ 1,429,000,000		$ 1,287,000,000	$ 1,215,000,000	[1]	$ 1,303,000,000	$ 5,231,000,000	[1]	$ 5,234,000,000	[1]	$ 5,158,000,000
Cost of products sold	837,000,000		729,000,000	687,000,000	[1]	705,000,000	796,000,000		713,000,000	686,000,000	[1]	720,000,000	2,958,000,000	[1]	2,915,000,000	[1]	2,954,000,000
Earnings from continuing operations	169,000,000		141,000,000	(163,000,000)	[1]	140,000,000	150,000,000		143,000,000	93,000,000	[1]	140,000,000	287,000,000	[1]	526,000,000	[1]	472,000,000
Earnings from discontinued operations			10,000,000	184,000,000	[1]	76,000,000	21,000,000		22,000,000	17,000,000	[1]	17,000,000	270,000,000	[1]	77,000,000	[1]	65,000,000
Net earnings	169,000,000		151,000,000	21,000,000	[1]	216,000,000	171,000,000		165,000,000	110,000,000	[1]	157,000,000	557,000,000	[1]	603,000,000	[1]	537,000,000
Continuing operations	$ 1.27		$ 1.03	$ (1.17)	[1]	$ 0.99	$ 1.06		$ 1.01	$ 0.66	[1]	$ 1.00	$ 2.09	[1]	$ 3.73	[1]	$ 3.36
Discontinued operations			$ 0.07	$ 1.32	[1]	$ 0.55	$ 0.15		$ 0.16	$ 0.12	[1]	$ 0.12	$ 1.97	[1]	$ 0.55	[1]	$ 0.46
Basic net earnings per share	$ 1.27		$ 1.10	$ 0.15	[1]	$ 1.54	$ 1.21		$ 1.17	$ 0.78	[1]	$ 1.12	$ 4.06	[1]	$ 4.28	[1]	$ 3.82
Continuing operations	$ 1.26		$ 1.02	$ (1.17)	[1]	$ 0.98	$ 1.05		$ 1.00	$ 0.66	[1]	$ 0.99	$ 2.07	[1]	$ 3.69	[1]	$ 3.33
Discontinued operations			$ 0.07	$ 1.32	[1]	$ 0.54	$ 0.15		$ 0.16	$ 0.11	[1]	$ 0.12	$ 1.95	[1]	$ 0.55	[1]	$ 0.46
Diluted net earnings per share	$ 1.26		$ 1.09	$ 0.15	[1]	$ 1.52	$ 1.20		$ 1.16	$ 0.77	[1]	$ 1.11	$ 4.02	[1]	$ 4.24	[1]	$ 3.79
Dividends declared per common share	$ 0.60		$ 0.55	$ 0.55	[1]	$ 0.55	$ 0.55		$ 0.50	$ 0.50	[1]	$ 0.50	$ 2.25	[1]	$ 2.05	[1]	$ 1.88
Market price (NYSE), high	$ 71.00		$ 72.43	$ 69.00	[1]	$ 67.86	$ 65.67		$ 65.18	$ 63.10	[1]	$ 61.64	$ 72.43	[1]	$ 65.67	[1]
Market price (NYSE), low	$ 65.97		$ 60.56	$ 61.45	[1]	$ 61.52	$ 60.85		$ 58.96	$ 56.36	[1]	$ 55.41	$ 60.56	[1]	$ 55.41	[1]
Market price (NYSE), year-end	$ 67.44	[1]					$ 62.16	[1]					$ 67.44	[1]	$ 62.16	[1]
Goodwill impairment costs				258,000,000									258,000,000
Impact of non-cash goodwill impairment charge in diluted net earnings per share from continuing operations				$ 258,000,000									$ 1.86

[1] Fiscal year 2011 earnings (losses) from continuing operations and net earnings included the $258 non-cash goodwill impairment charge recognized in the second fiscal quarter for the Burt's Bees business. Fiscal year 2011 diluted net earnings per share from continuing operations included the impact of $1.86 from this non-cash goodwill impairment charge.