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Feasibility tests on using liposomes for detecting food-borne pathogenic bacteria were studies with E. coli O157:H7 as a model analyte. Immunoliposomes, whose surface was conjugated with anti-E. coli O157:H7 lgG and which encapsulated the marker dye, sulforhodamine B, were used for the detection label. Among the feasibility tests, the first test was to use a test-strip on which antibodies to anti-E. coli O157:H7 lgG were immobilized. In this format, immunolipsosmes that did not bind to E. coli O157:H7 in sample were captured and then exhibited a visible signal which was inversely related with the number of E. coli O157:H7 in sample. The second test was a direct liposome assay followed by immunomagnetic separation. In this format, immunoliposomes which were bound to E. coli O157:H7 were lysed with detergent and produced a signal which was proportionally related with the number of E. coli O157:H7 in sample. The results from both formats indicate that liposomes can be utilized as a detection label.