SCHEDULE 13G

Amendment No. 1
Smithfield Foods Incorporated
Common Stock
Cusip #832248108


Cusip #832248108
Item 1:	Reporting Person - FMR Corp.
Item 4:	Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Item 5:	0
Item 6:	0
Item 7:	0
Item 8:	0
Item 9:	0
Item 11:	0.000%
Item 12:	    HC


Cusip #832248108
Item 1:	Reporting Person - Edward C. Johnson 3d
Item 4:	United States of America
Item 5:	0
Item 6:	0
Item 7:	0
Item 8:	0
Item 9:	0
Item 11:	0.000%
Item 12:	IN


Cusip #832248108
Item 1:	Reporting Person - Abigail P. Johnson
Item 4:	United States of America
Item 5:	0
Item 6:	0
Item 7:	0
Item 8:	0
Item 9:	0
Item 11:	0.000%
Item 12:	    IN



	SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN
STATEMENTS
	FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b)




Item 1(a).	Name of Issuer:

		Smithfield Foods Incorporated

Item 1(b).	Name of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:

		200 Commerce Street
		Smithfield, VA  23430

Item 2(a).	Name of Person Filing:

		FMR Corp.

Item 2(b).	Address or Principal Business Office or, if None,
Residence:

		82 Devonshire Street, Boston,
Massachusetts  02109

Item 2(c).	Citizenship:

		Not applicable

Item 2(d).	Title of Class of Securities:

		Common Stock

Item 2(e).	CUSIP Number:

		832248108

Item 3.	This statement is filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b)
and the person filing, FMR Corp., is a parent holding company
in accordance with Section 240.13d-1(b)(ii)(G).  (Note:  See
Item 7).

Item 4.	Ownership

	(a)	Amount Beneficially Owned:	0

	(b)	Percent of Class:	0.000%

	(c)	Number of shares as to which such
person has:

	(i)	sole power to vote or to direct
the vote:	0

	(ii)	shared power to vote or to
direct the vote:	0

	(iii)	sole power to dispose or to
direct the disposition of:	0

	(iv)	shared power to dispose or to
direct the disposition of:	0



Item 5.	Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.

	If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the
date hereof, the reporting person has ceased to be the
beneficial owner of any of the class of securities, check the
following (X).

Item 6.	Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another
Person.

	Not applicable

Item 7.	Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which
Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent
Holding Company.

	See Exhibit A

Item 8.	Identification and Classification of Members of
the Group.

	Not applicable.

Item 9.	Notice of Dissolution of Group.

	Not applicable.

Item 10.	Certification.

	Inasmuch as the reporting persons are no longer the beneficial
owners of more than five percent of the number of shares
outstanding, the reporting persons have no further reporting
obligation under Section 13(d) of the Securities and Exchange
Commission thereunder, and the reporting persons have no
obligation to amend this Statement if any material change
occurs in the facts set forth herein.

Signature

	After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and
belief, I certify that the information set forth in this Schedule
13G in connection with FMR Corp.'s beneficial ownership of
the Common Stock of Smithfield Foods Incorporated at May
31, 2002 is true, complete and correct.

June 10, 2002
Date

/s/Eric D. Roiter
Signature

Eric D. Roiter
Duly authorized under Power of Attorney
dated December 30, 1997 by and on behalf
of FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect
subsidiaries


	SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN
STATEMENTS
	FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b)



	Members of the Edward C. Johnson 3d family are the
predominant owners of Class B shares of common stock of
FMR Corp., representing approximately 49% of the voting
power of FMR Corp.  Mr. Johnson 3d owns 12.0% and
Abigail Johnson owns 24.5% of the aggregate outstanding
voting stock of FMR Corp.  Mr. Johnson 3d is Chairman of
FMR Corp. and Abigail P. Johnson is a Director of FMR
Corp.  The Johnson family group and all other Class B
shareholders have entered into a shareholders' voting
agreement under which all Class B shares will be voted in
accordance with the majority vote of Class B shares.
Accordingly, through their ownership of voting common
stock and the execution of the shareholders' voting
agreement, members of the Johnson family may be deemed,
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, to form a
controlling group with respect to FMR Corp.




	SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN
STATEMENTS
	FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b)
	RULE 13d-1(f)(1)  AGREEMENT

	The undersigned persons, on June 10, 2002, agree and
consent to the joint filing on their behalf of this Schedule 13G
in connection with their beneficial ownership of the Common
Stock of Smithfield Foods Incorporated at May 31, 2002.

	FMR Corp.

	By   /s/Eric D. Roiter
	Eric D. Roiter
	Duly authorized under Power of Attorney
	dated December 30, 1997, by and on behalf
	of FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect
	subsidiaries

	Edward C. Johnson 3d

	By   /s/Eric D. Roiter
	Eric D. Roiter
	Duly authorized under Power of Attorney
	dated December 30, 1997, by and on behalf
	of Edward C. Johnson 3d

	Abigail P. Johnson

	By   /s/Eric D. Roiter
	Eric D. Roiter
	Duly authorized under Power of Attorney
	dated December 30, 1997, by and on behalf
	of Abigail P. Johnson