Food labels review for entry to the US, EU and UK markets.
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.
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.
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.
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
Dima did a great job, the training was very interesting!
Interesting and helpful discussions! Thank you for the professional PCQI training
I enjoyed the three days in the PCQI training. You did it very well and explained it so good that everyone could understand
Thanks Dima for the PCQI training. The explanations and references you have given, will be helpful to improve our Food Safety Plans.
I recommend the PCQI training. I really appreciate the clear explanation of the terms and a lot of examples.
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"
Very clear explanation of the requirements for PCQI. We have had good and helpful discussions during this training.
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
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.
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.
One of the best training in my life. Intense and very instructive and exciting.
Excellent PCQI course with very detailed topics and excellent examples.
If we have a need, we will be happy to contact Ms. Faour-Klingbeil as a consultant
Many thanks to this nice training! I got many useful information needed for this topic
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.
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.
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.
Great instructor and trainer! giving a lot of examples and taking her time to answer the individual questions.
The lead instructor Ms. Faour-Klingbeil is well-prepared person and has a lot of knowledge in regard to the subject.
Dima is really skilled. Interesting course to attend for any PCQI!
Interactive training with a highly motivated and knowledgeable instructor. Great materials, including links to current regulation texts for each topic.
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!
Participating in this PCQI training you definitely deal with an extraordinary trainer. Dima has a real expert status.
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.
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.
The lead instruction showed a broad knowledge of the FDA regulations, shared additional support links, and encouraged all participants to a lively discussion.
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
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
Thank you Dima for making this course interesting and interactive! Keep it up!
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