n this study, an MPN assay using lactose broth as pre-enrichment and tetrathionate (TT) as secondary enrichment (Rajabi et al., 2011) was combined with different downstream methods for confirmation of Salmonella. Statistical analyses of these detection methods included sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV), using PCR confirmation as the “gold standard”. The results demonstrated the validity of a novel cross-streaking method for confirmation of Salmonella presence by using both Xylose-Lysine-Tergitol4 (XLT4) and CHROMagar™ Salmonella plus (CSP) agars. The cross-streaking method consists of initial isolation of presumptive Salmonella colonies on XLT4 agar from MPN enrichment, followed by cross-streaking to both XLT4 and CSP agars. A colony was classified as Salmonella positive by cross-streaking if both agars simultaneously exhibited colonies with typical Salmonella appearance, and results from the cross-streaking method showed 99.95% agreement with PCR (n = 1640 isolates) with only a single false negative strain.