 Food-borne pathogens are a major cause of diseases worldwide with significant economic impact and early detection is crucial for containment. Various methods such as culture-based, immunological and molecular biology-based approaches have been developed to detect these pathogens with the aim of finding a rapid, sensitive, specific and cost-effective method ranging from culturing microbes to biosensor technology. This review summarized recent trends and brings together methods that have been developed over the years. This article was authored by B. Priyanka, Rajshekhar K. Patil and Sultat Dvarkanath.