About the founder

Dr. Dima Faour-Klingbeil

Director | Principal consultant | Lead Instructor PCQI Human Food

Dr Dima Faour-Klingbeil is an independent researcher specializing in the microbiological safety of fresh produce, food pathogens transmission, food safety systems, and behavioural science in food safety. She is a former research fellow at the University of Plymouth and a research team leader in the centre for rural development at Humboldt University in Berlin.

After 15 years of professional work, Dima enjoyed six years of maternity break raising her two kids when later she decided to pursue her PhD studies at Plymouth, UK. Within a short time after her PhD completion, she has built a reputable academic research record, forged an international network and collaborations with prominent scientists, and acquired in-depth research expertise and familiarity in broad areas of food safety.

Dima brings over two decades of experience spanning private and public sectors, including non-profit organizations, holding managerial and leadership positions in various food industries and as an international food safety consultant and compliance auditor across diverse food categories. She managed operations and staff under challenging, fast-paced environments in the food & health industries, including creating and sustaining business growth, product development, developing & managing food safety and quality management systems, establishing and offering health, safety and food safety training, team coaching.

Drawing on her scientific and technical expertise in food safety and regulatory matters gained through research and professional work, she founded DFK for Safe Food Environment in 2017 in Germany, where she settled with her husband and two lovely kids. Currently, she is the Director of her own business, acting as the principal consultant, lead trainer, and scientific advisor. She is also a compliance auditor for one of the leading gluten-free certification programs globally, the Gluten-Free Certification Organization, covering food industries in Europe, the UK and the Middle East across a wide range of product categories. Dima is fully versed in the EU and FSMA regulatory matters and quality and food safety systems (BRC food standard, ISO9001, ISO 22000, GMP, HACCP, GLOBALG.A.P). She has trained and certified more than 300 food safety professionals as PCQIs and provided advice to several food industries on FSMA matters.

Her recent engagements include leading a research team at Humboldt University, the centre for rural development, and conceptualizing research for an international development project on food safety governance in Tunisia. Before that, as the consultant for the UN ESCWA, she developed an operational framework and a regional food assurance mechanism for setting up the Arab sustainable and Good Agriculture Practices (GAP) certification scheme. This work established the cornerstone and groundwork materials for stakeholders in Jordan and Lebanon for GAP's governance structure and implementation.

Dima served on the FAO/WHO Joint Expert Meetings on Microbiological Risk Assessment (JEMRA)(Experts Roster 2019-2022). She is a qualified lead instructor for the Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance (FSPCA) Preventive Controls for Human Food course, a registered BRC consultant and lead auditor, and formerly an IFST-registered professional auditor mentor across a wide range of food categories. She served in the Membership Assessor Panel of the Institute of Food Science and Technology and is a member of the International Association of Food Protection, the Institute of Food Science and Technology and the IFST's food regulatory group.

Dima is the first author of several scientific articles published in prestigious peer-reviewed journals and an invited speaker at various international and UN meetings (FAO, UN ESCWA, OIC, WHO). She obtained her PhD from the University of Plymouth, School of Biological and Marines sciences, for her research studies on fresh produce safety from farm-to-fork using behavioural and microbiological-based methods to assess risk factors and investigate food safety solutions. She has a BSc. and MSc. in Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, and a diploma in Marketing and Advertising from the American University of Beirut.

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What Our Clients Say

  • Dima completed her assignment successfully and timely providing an informative report and participated actively in enriching discussions during a related Expert Group Meeting. She is among the best consultants we have had the privilege to work with in recent years.
    Rola Majdalani, Director, Sustainable Development Policies Division, UN ESCWA
  • Dr. Faour-Klingbeil contributed to our project by highlighting the gaps and identifying areas for improvement and development in the standards and criteria of the Quality Mark application. We highly recommend her as a skillful consultant.
    Nizar Hani, Shouf Biosphere Reserve Manager
  • Thank you once again for your input and the tips. I really enjoyed the training and I feel well prepared to implement the missing parts to be fully compliant
    Nicole Hartz, Head of Quality Management/Integrated Management Systems, IOI Oleo GmbH
  • Dima did a great job, the training was very interesting!
    Marion Arneitz, Qualitätssicherung, Josef Manner & Comp. AG
  • Interesting and helpful discussions! Thank you for the professional PCQI training
    i.A. Andrea Maihold, Miller ConSup Gesellschaft für Import und Export Gmbh
  • I enjoyed the three days in the PCQI training. You did it very well and explained it so good that everyone could understand
    Ing. Christian Fichtinger, Integriertes Management System,Josef Manner & Comp. AG
  • Thanks Dima for the PCQI training. The explanations and references you have given, will be helpful to improve our Food Safety Plans.
    - Carsten Grote, Quality Manager Bomlitz/Stade DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences
  • I recommend the PCQI training. I really appreciate the clear explanation of the terms and a lot of examples.
    Lucia Budzakova, Quality manager, Evonik Fermas s.r.o.
  • I like Dima´s checking in on the participants during the course to really make sure that they follow and grasp the concepts discussed. Lots of practical examples are given and make it easier to translate the often "dry matter"
    Stefanie Arya, QC Coordinator, Novozymes Berlin GmbH
  • Very clear explanation of the requirements for PCQI. We have had good and helpful discussions during this training.
    Anne Duijst, Quality Assurance Specialist, Nestlé Nederland B.V.
  • I do recommend this course for QA peoples with general kowledge in HACCP. Not having a certified HACCP (according to IFS or others) isn't a handicap. I have joined this online training and presentation has been well prepared and clearly communicated. Also assessments in groups has been well organized
    Johanna Schriebl, Schalk Mühle GmbH & Co KG, Austria.
  • It was a nice insight into FDA requirements and regulations as well as good communicated by Dima. She is clearly a professional on this topic and can answer questions very well while also mentioning examples that are easy to understand. The challenge of doing this class online was mastered and presented in an interactive way to the given circumstances.
    Fabian Kuhn, Qualitätssicherung, KomPack GmbH & Co KG
  • Dima has been a perfect trainer. It was a very useful training with a great oveview on the whole topic - clear intructions and clear understanding of the FDA requirements.
    Dr. Bernd Brüger, Head of Global Quality Management, Red Bull, Germany
  • One of the best training in my life. Intense and very instructive and exciting.
    Cornelia Gassner, Head of Quality Management, Centravo AG
  • Excellent PCQI course with very detailed topics and excellent examples.
    Markus Fath, ICL Group
  • If we have a need, we will be happy to contact Ms. Faour-Klingbeil as a consultant
    Sven Dittler, QM manager, Norevo GmbH
  • Many thanks to this nice training! I got many useful information needed for this topic
    Lindsay Nielson, HACCP specialist, August Storck KG
  • Thanks so much for your very valuable training. I really enjoyed it, and appreciated that you made it fun! I feel much better prepared to deal with uncomfortable issues. Thank you for experience and personable presentation. Good course setup, nice trainer and good group discussions.
    Philipp Hörmann, HoQM, Rauch Fruchtsäfte
  • Dima is an outstanding trained and very patient instructor. Her interdisciplinary knowledge is impressive. She was very encouraging and answered all questions in a precise way. I surely will keep her contact details for further trainings.
    Dr. Lena de Oliveira, Quality manager, Capol GmbH
  • The PCQI course was a very intense 2.5-day course to get a good overview and a feeling for establishing a food safety plan. I also got the impression, that the course leader (Dima) is an absolute expert on this field.
    Klara Treusch, Production manager, Teutoburger Ölmühle GmbH
  • Great instructor and trainer! giving a lot of examples and taking her time to answer the individual questions.
    Daniela Schneeberger, Expert Quality Systems Food & Feed Defense, Martin Bauer GmbH & Co. KG
  • The lead instructor Ms. Faour-Klingbeil is well-prepared person and has a lot of knowledge in regard to the subject.
    Astrid Grüninger, Quality manager, Freiberger Lebensmittel GmbH
  • Dima is really skilled. Interesting course to attend for any PCQI!
    Moussa Ndiaye, Project Director & Business Unit Manager, Novolyze
  • Interactive training with a highly motivated and knowledgeable instructor. Great materials, including links to current regulation texts for each topic.
    Alejandro Rodriguez-Pupo, Deputy Team Leader - Quality Assurance Manager Pharma, DSM Nutritional Products Ltd.
  • I highly recommend this course with Dima Faour-Klingbeil. She provides really good training material and clear explanations with many examples. She manage to provide a really interesting course that I was pleased to follow until the end!
    Jesahel Cornu, IMS Hygiene & HACCP,Josef Manner & Comp. AG
  • Participating in this PCQI training you definitely deal with an extraordinary trainer. Dima has a real expert status.
    Thomas Maidhof, Manager operations, BASF SE
  • Mrs. Dima Faour-Klingbeil is a great Teacher. She is very clear during the explanation. Always she tries to add examples in order to make it easier. It was a pleasure working together with her and learning about this regulation.
    Gerardo Höger,Quality dept., Ferrero OHG mbH
  • Dima is a very professional trainer and instructor and is perfect for explaining sometimes difficult requirements in easy-to-understand sentences. Very useful training, very helpful, good trainer! We appreciate working with her.
    Peter Knabe, Head of Quality Assurance, Red Bull GmbH
  • The lead instruction showed a broad knowledge of the FDA regulations, shared additional support links, and encouraged all participants to a lively discussion.
    Verena Zemke, Chr. Hansen GmbH
  • Dima is an amazing instructor. The way she conducted the course kept me engaged, even on the longest days of training. She is always open to questions and discussions, and her interactive approach makes learning enjoyable
    Golshan Ghalibaf, QA Specialist,Nestlé Nederland B.V.
  • I have really appreciated this course experience having Dima as instructor. She provided a well structured & interactive training, focusing on direct practicing of main learning points. She also provided a lot of material for future use & implementation of course learnings
    Nikolaos Charamis, Process Technologist, Nestle Nederland
  • Thank you Dima for making this course interesting and interactive! Keep it up!
    Tobias Baumann Quality-System-Specialist Audit and Process, RAUCH Fruchtsäfte GmbH & Co OG

Our Clients

Fair Trade Lebanon

Food labels review for entry to the US, EU and UK markets.

Haupt Pharma Berlin GmbH

In-house FSPCA PCQI training

Roal Oy

Online FSPCA PCQI Training – Roal Oy, Finland

Novolyze

Online private FSPCA PCQI Training – Novolyze, France

Symrise AG

In-house PCQI Training – Holzminden, Germany

United Bakeries Norway AS

In-house FSPCA PCQI Training – Prosgrunn, Norway

Lallemand GmbH

FSMA GAP Analysis – Vienna, Austria

LeRo Food GmbH & Co. KG

In-house FSPCA PCQI Training for LeRo Food GmbH & Co. KG – Leipzig, Germany

Nestle Deutschland AG – Osthofen, Germany

In-house FSPCA PCQI Training for Nestle Deutschland AG – Osthofen, Germany

DMK Eis – Everswinkel, Germany

In-house FSPCA PCQI Training for DMK Eis – Everswinkel, Germany

Freiberger Lebensmittel – Berlin, Germany

In-house FSPCA PCQI  Training for Freiberger Lebensmittel – Berlin, Germany

August Storck KG, Berlin – Germany

In-house FSPCA PCQI Training for selected staff in August Storck KG – Berlin, Germany

DDP Specialty Products Germany GmbH & Co. KG

Instructor-Led Online PCQI

EVONIK FERMAS s.r.o.

Instructor-Led Online PCQI

Julius Meinl italia/Julius Meinl Austria

Instructor-Led Online PCQI training

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