The effect of self produced rabbit plasma fibrinogen agar was compared with Baird Parker agar for detection of Staphylococcus aureus in 25 food samples selected from market. The results indicate that the self produced rabbit plasma fibrinogen agar and Baird Parker agar were equally effective in 15 artificial test samples. Three of 10 natural test samples were positive by use of rabbit plasma fibrinogen agar and 2 were positive by use of Baird Parker agar in qualitative test. The correlation coefficient in quantitative test between the self produced rabbit plasma fibrinogen agar and Baird Parker agar was 0 98. Two thirds of time could be saved in the test by use of rabbit plasma fibrinogen agar.The result suggest that rabbit plasma fibrinogen agar technique is suitable for popularisation to detect Staphylococcus aureus in foods due to its accuracy and efficiency.