The invention discloses a method for detecting
salmonella and
staphylococcus aureus in food simultaneously. The method includes the following steps: 1), diluting a to-be-tested
food sample according to GB4789 to obtain sample homogenate of 1:10, adding 50-65wt% of
nitrilotriacetic acid solution into the sample homogenate according to the volume ratio of the sample homogenate to the
nitrilotriacetic acid solution being (5-7):1, vibrating the mixture, adding
phosphate buffer solution or 0.05% tween-20 contained
phosphate buffer solution, performing centrifugal layering, and discarding an upper layer; 2), mixing a sample obtained after
processing of the step 1) with immunomagnetic beads, vibrating the mixture, subjecting the mixture to standing and layering on a magnetic frame, discarding an upper layer, and washing a lower layer of the sample, wherein the immunomagnetic beads are obtained by modifying
salmonella and
staphylococcus aureus antibodies, which are labeled by
magnetic bead coupled
biotin, by
streptavidin; 3), adding the
phosphate buffer solution to the washed sample, vibrating the mixture, applying the mixture to an LB plate, and performing cultivation and observation. The method is simple and convenient to operate, accurate, efficient and low in cost, two target
bacteria are enriched, and detection time can be shorten from 72h to 25h.