## 3 Results
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\begin{tabular}{l c c c c c c c c c} \hline \hline
**Cultvar** & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**I Shipment**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**II Shipment**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**III Shipment**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**IV Shipment**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**LC-MS/MS/MS**} \\ \hline  & Ventova(r) & Agraquant® & Venta® & Agraquant® & Veratov® & Agraquant® & Veratov® & Agraquant® & \\ \hline Nocellara del Belice & \(\sim\)LOQ & 3.41 & 1.82 \(\pm\) 0.08 & 1.67 \(\pm\) 0.08 & \(<\)LOQ & \(\sim\)LOQ & \(\sim\)LOQ & \(2.04\pm 0.32\) & \(1.54\pm 0.55\) & \(<\)LOQ \\ Castelvetrano method & 2.15 \(\pm\) 0.35 & \(\sim\)LOQ & \(\sim\)LOQ & \(<\)LOQ & \(\sim\)LOQ & \(\sim\)LOQ & \(1.29\pm 0.35\) & \(2.42\pm 0.72\) & \(1.79\pm 0.46\) & \(<\)LOQ \\  & 2.43 \(\pm\) 0.10 & \(\sim\)LOQ & \(<\)LOQ & \(<\)LOQ & \(<\)LOQ & \(<\)LOQ & \(2.06\pm 0.38\) & \(3.00\pm 0.37\) & \(<\)LOQ & \(<\)LOQ \\ Nocellara Ernea & 3.16 \(\pm\) 0.30 & 5.53 \(\pm\) 0.98 & 2.41 \(\pm\) 0.15 & \(<\)LOQ & - & - & - & - & \(<\)LOQ \\ Natural method & 2.18 \(\pm\) 0.99 & 5.59 \(\pm\) 0.52 & 1.73 \(\pm\) 0.16 & - & - & - & - & - & \(<\)LOQ \\  & 2.26 \(\pm\) 0.13 & 4.38 \(\pm\) 0.82 & 2.82 \(\pm\) 0.92 & \(<\)LOQ & - & - & - & - & \(<\)LOQ \\  & Bella di Cerignola & 1.85 \(\pm\) 0.59 & 6.21 \(\pm\) 0.77 & \(<\)LOQ & \(3.98\pm\) 0.18 & \(<\)LOQ & \(<\)LOQ & \(2.07\pm 0.30\) & \(<\)LOQ & \(<\)LOQ \\  & Spigliano method & 2.05 \(\pm\) 0.79 & 5.16 \(\pm\) 0.59 & 2.05 \(\pm\) 0.79 & \(<\)LOQ & \(<\)LOQ & \(<\)LOQ & \(<\)LOQ & \(1.82\pm 0.26\) & \(1.64\pm 0.47\) & \(<\)LOQ \\  & 1.67 \(\pm\) 0.19 & 3.06 \(\pm\) 1.00 & 1.67 \(\pm\) 0.19 & 2.80 \(\pm\) 0.23 & 1.91 \(\pm\) 0.07 & \(<\)LOQ & \(2.11\pm 0.45\) & \(1.90\pm 0.33\) & \(<\)LOQ \\  & \(\sim\)LOQ & 3.00 \(\pm\) 0.19 & \(<\)LOQ & 3.00 \(\pm\) 0.19 & - & - & - & - & \(<\)LOQ \\ Natural method & \(\sim\)LOQ & 2.96 \(\pm\) 0.41 & \(<\)LOQ & 2.96 \(\pm\) 0.41 & - & - & - & - & \(<\)LOQ \\  & \(\sim\)LOQ & \(<\)LOQ & \(<\)LOQ & \(<\)LOQ & - & - & - & - & \(<\)LOQ \\  & \(\sim\)LOQ & \(<\)LOQ & \(<\)LOQ & \(<\)LOQ & - & - & - & - & \(<\)LOQ \\  & Conservolea Nera & - & - & - & - & \(<\)LOQ & \(1.66\pm 0.24\) & - & - & - & \(<\)LOQ \\  & Californian® drug method & - & - & - & - & \(<\)LOQ & \(1.66\pm 0.28\) & - & - & - & \(<\)LOQ \\  & & - & - & - & - & \(2.53\pm 0.52\) & \(<\)LOQ & \(<\)LOQ & \(<\)LOQ \\  & Hoijblanca Nera & - & - & - & - & \(1.99\pm 0.53\) & \(<\)LOQ & \(1.90\pm 0.48\) & \(<\)LOQ & \(<\)LOQ \\  & Fitted & - & - & - & - & \(4.57\pm 0.12\) & \(<\)LOQ & \(2.85\pm 0.44\) & \(<\)LOQ & \(<\)LOQ \\  & GR 2177 & - & - & - & - & \(3.86\pm 0.30\) & \(<\)LOQ & \(1.76\pm 0.28\) & \(<\)LOQ & \(<\)LOQ \\  & Californian pitted method & - & - & - & - & - & - & \(<\)LOQ & \(<\)LOQ & \(<\)LOQ \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 2: Results of the ELISA method: Average ochratoxin A content in the batch processing of the olive paste samples belonging to the four shipping groups (ug/kg), \(\pm\) SD (standard deviation), \(n\) = 4. \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{l c} \hline \hline
**Cultvar** & **Mean** \\ \hline Bella di Cerignola & 2.52 \(\pm\) 1.33 b  \\ Conservolea Nera & 1.94 \(\pm\) 0.61 b  \\ GR2177 & NaN \\ Hoijblanca Nera & 2.60 \(\pm\) 1.12 b  \\ Irtana Bianca & 2.89 \(\pm\) 0.41 b  \\ Nocellara Etnea & 3.47 \(\pm\) 1.64 a  \\ Nocellara del Belice & 2.12 \(\pm\) 0.72 b  \\ \hline
**Method** & **Mean** \\ \hline Pitted & 2.10 \(\pm\) 0.58 b  \\ Castelvetrano & 2.12 \(\pm\) 0.72 b  \\ Californian I° drying & 1.94 \(\pm\) 0.61 b  \\ Californian pitted & 3.10 \(\pm\) 1.31 ab  \\ Natural & 3.30 \(\pm\) 1.42 a  \\ Sivigliano & 2.52 \(\pm\) 1.33 b  \\ \hline
**Kit** & **Mean** \\ \hline Veratov® & 2.32 \(\pm\) 0.81 b  \\ Agraquant® & 2.91 \(\pm\) 1.56 a  \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 3: Average ochratoxin A contents of table olives according to cultivar, method, and kit used, belonging to the four shipping groups (ug/kg), \(\pm\)SD (standard deviation), \(n\) = 4 (means followed by the same letter do not differ significantly at \(p\leq 0.05\) according to [PERSON]’s test).