“…In addition to pesticides, mycotoxins contamination has also been detected in olive oils. Among the mycotoxins found are aatoxin B1 at concentrations up to 2.4 mg kg −1 , 31,32 alternariol (from 3.0 to 28.0 mg kg −1 ), 26,27,30,33 alternariol monomethyl ether (up to 14.0 mg kg −1 ) 26,30 ochratoxin A (up to 17.7 mg kg −1 ), 31,32 zearalenone (up to 7.1 mg kg −1 ), 26,28,29 aatoxins G1 (up to 1.9 mg kg −1 ) and G2 (up to 6.8 mg kg −1 ), 28 besides sterigmatocystin, tentoxin, beauvericin, mycophenolic acid, enniatin A, A 1 , B and B 1 26 and tenuazonic acid. 30 In contrast, the subject of mycotoxins contamination in olives has not yet been explored so deeply, although a few studies are available in the literature.…”