The investigation of disinfection methods with different antimicrobial mechanisms is of utmost importance in determining inactivation kinetics pertaining to various cellular states of Salmonella. The present study evaluated the effectiveness of different conventional and novel disinfectants against the inactivation of suspended and desiccated Salmonella enterica Enteritidis FUA1946. A comparative study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of various disinfection methods, including dry heat, membrane-acting benzalkonium chloride (BAC), conventional oxidizing agents such as peracetic acid (PAA) and hydrogen peroxide (H