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Following the publication of [1], a number of citation issues were found to have occurred due to an error in the references management tool used. These errors resulted in a number of significant citations being omitted from the text and reference section, a number of citations being duplicated and issues with the order and numbering of the citations with the text and reference section. As such, changes to the text, tables and figures related to these citation errors have been made. A number of other minor typographic and formatting errors have also been corrected.

The original paper has been updated as follows:

1. Text Corrections

On page 4, Section 2, fourth paragraph, line 3, the sentence “(French Food Safety Agency (AFSSA, Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire des Aliments); Bundesinstitut für Risikobewetung (BFR), (Germany), 2018; (Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (AESAN), 2018).” Has been be changed to “(French Food Safety Agency (AFSSA, Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire des Aliments); Food Standards Agency (UK), 2018; Bundesinstitut für Risiko-bewetung (BFR), (Germany), 2018; Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (AESAN), 2018 [33,35,36,37]”.

On page 4, Section 2, fifth paragraph, line 1, the word “the” should be added after “…is linked with”.

On page 4, Section 2, fifth paragraph, line 9, the word “Hachen et al.” should be changed to “Hachem et al.”.

On page 7, Section 2, third paragraph, line 2, the sentence “The lack of safety insight has been counteracted by numerous studies showing different results concerning the positive effects of food supplements and quality products traded in Europe, including metal in preparations of spirulina tablets [38]; vitamin D [39]; ginseng herbal medicine control and authentication [40]; cottonseed oil and cottonseed meal supplementation [41]; supplemental lycopene on cardiovascular risk factor [42]; and propolis as an antioxidant and antimicrobial [43]”. Has be updated to “The lack of safety insight has been counteracted by numerous studies showing different results concerning the positive effects of food supplements and quality products traded in Europe, including testosterone-boosting supplements (T-Boosters) [45], metal in preparations of spirulina tablets [46], vitamin D [47], ginseng herbal medicine control and authentication [48], cottonseed oil and cottonseed meal supplementation [49], supplemental lycopene on the cardiovascular risk factor [50], and propolis as an antioxidant and antimicrobial agent [51]”.

On page 8, Section 3, sixth paragraph, line 4, the word “given EFSA’s...” should be changed to “given the EFSA’s...”.

On page 9, Section 3, seventh paragraph, line 2, the word “depending on dose” should be changed to “depending on the dose...”.

On page 9, Section 4.1, first paragraph, line 4, the word “identified in...” should be updated to “identified in the...”.

On page 10, Section 4.1, fourth paragraph, line 2, the word “increase...” should be updated to “increase the...”.

On page 11, Section 4.3, fourth paragraph, line 4, the word “occur in...” should be updated to “occur in the...”.

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The authors state that the scientific conclusions are unaffected. This correction was approved by the Academic Editor. The original publication has also been updated.