The invention relates to a method for detecting cronobacter in infant formula milk powder, and belongs to the technical field of detection of biological products. The innovation lies in improvement of enrichment and separation of cronobacter in infant formula milk powder. A liquid culture medium (dry damage repair factors comprise 0.4-0.8 g/L of mannitol and 2.5-5.0 g/L of trehalose, and selective enrichment factors comprise 80-150 g/L of sucrose, 4-8 g/L of vancomycin and 0.3-0.6 g/L of sodium deoxycholate) is adopted for efficient enrichment, and a solid culture medium (selective components comprise 0.5-1.0 g/L of sodium deoxycholate and 80-100 mg/L of 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indole-D-alpha-glucoside) is adopted for selective separation. The method has the advantages of high enrichment efficiency, strong selectivity, convenience in operation, short time and the like, and overcomes the defects of long time, low enrichment effect, complicated operation and the like of the existing detection method. The method is suitable for detecting cronobacter in formula milk powder, shortens the detection time, improves the detection accuracy and efficiency, reduces the detection cost, and has important significance in guaranteeing the safety of infant formula milk powder.