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BoNTs cause lethal botulism via contaminated food, wound infections, or infant intestinal colonization, posing significant threats to public health. Although the mouse bioassay is still being considered as the gold standard for detecting BoNTs, its drawbacks, including the lengthy experimental duration, high costs, and ethical issues, highlight the urgent need to develop alternative methods to fulfill the detection requirements. In recent years, frequent botulism poisoning incidents haves put forward higher requirements for detection technology. On-site detection is expected to be rapid and immediate, while laboratory detection requires high sensitivity and serotype discrimination capabilities. This review comprehensively introduces current detection approaches, including mouse bioassay, cell-based assays, immunological methods, endopeptidase\u2013mass spectrometry, biosensors, chromatography, and mass spectrometry techniques. Notably, cell-based assays have been used for the potency testing of commercialized botulinum toxin type A and are considered the most promising alternative to the mouse bioassay. Biosensors based on nanomaterials demonstrate advantages in real-time detection due to their rapid response and portability, while endopeptidase\u2013mass spectrometry achieves high sensitivity and effective serotype identification by specifically recognizing toxin-cleaved substrates. Future works shall aim to completely replace MBA, developing a detection system suitable for multiple scenarios such as clinical diagnosis, food safety monitoring, and environmental monitoring. 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