ms. jarman. the chair will now recognize mr. stern for five minutes for the purpose of the summary of his written testimony. thank you and welcome. >> thank you, sir. good morning chairman harper, ranking member degette and members of the subcommittee. i'm douglas stern, director of the office of enforcement and deputy director for regulatory affairs. we appreciate the opportunity to be provide you with information -- oh, i'm sorry. is that better? we appreciate the opportunity to provide you with information about how we oversee recalls of fda-regulated products. fda's committed to continuously improving our practices to ensure that food recalls are initiated, overseeing and completed promptly and effectively to best protect consumers. in this regard, we appreciate the office of inspector general's focus on the subject and we'd like to thank the committee for the opportunity to report on major changes fda has made in response to ogi's investigation. when we learn about a food in the marketplace that may be unsafe were we must a