The detection of Salmonella using traditional selective plating media is based on lactose fermentation and hy-drogen sulfide (H2S) production by the organism. However, most media have poor specificity, creating an abundance of false positives and resulting in time-consuming identification. Therefore, to reduce the work-load for unnecessary examination of presumptive colonies, and to enable the fast and easy detection of Salmo-nella, it is of important necessity to investigate which selective plating media will provide results that are closest to the true situation. There are a good number of selective plating media that have been developed on the basis of the biochemical characteristics of Salmonella, such as α-galactosidase activity in the absence of β-galactosidase activity, C8-esterase activity, catabolism of glucuronate, glycerol, and propylene glycol, andhydrolysis of X-5-gal. In spite of the numerous studies that have aimed at determining the optimal selective media showing high level of sensitivity and specificity for the detection of Salmonella in food and environmental samples, this current study was aimed at evaluating the sensitivity and specificity of Brilliant Green (BG) selective plating medium compared with the preferential selective plating medium, Xylose lysine deoxicholate (XLD). This study determined the rate of recovery of Salmonella from the primary production of poultry and compared the sensitivity, specificity, and the rates of false positives and false negatives of the selective enrichment media (MSRV and MKTTn) and the selective plating media (XLD and BG) for the detection of Salmonella according to ISO 6579:2002.