Food safety resources for non-English speaking supervisor

Hi all, 

I recently came on board to a chocolate company to lead their SQF level 2 initiative and am having trouble communicating the concepts of food safety, HACCP, SQF etc to our Spanish speaking supervisor who has been here for 15 years. We are basically starting from scratch in terms of everything safety, with the extent of their previous programs basically being 'wear a hairnet and wash your hands'. She's having a hard time understanding WHY we are doing certain things, but since I don't speak Spanish, its hard to explain/teach her how to lead and enforce programs. Does anyone know of any good resources, books, webinars that give a thorough but concise overview of the concepts and programs written in Spanish?

I'm imagining more of a Food Safety 101 type explanation of what it all means, why it's important and what the programs aim to do. 

Any and all ideas would be appreciated!  

Krparker,

Assuming that you are working in United States, after 15 years your supervisor doesn´t understand english... The top management should be sensible for this issue. Perhaps you must select another supervisor because the gap between comunication may cost you some deviations from the goals.

In this side of the world, if you don´t speak/have some knowledge in the mother language, it will be hard to get a job...

Try to find some extra info in Food Safety Agency from Spain (http://www.aesan.msc.es/). The website is written anothers language, perhaps you find the help you need.

Rgds.

Dear Krparker,

AFAIK, the SQF Code is available in Spanish (and Japanese)(well, ed.7 anyway).

That should help a bit.? :smile:

Rgds / Charles.C