Simplifying Meat Industry Reporting

Simplifying Meat Industry Reporting

Published: May 29, 2026

Duration: 13:16

An excessive number of questions can turn “reporting” into a full-time job. So what happens when an industry decides to cut the noise and keep only what actually drives improvement? Sarah Muirhead sits down with Kristi Block, lead for the Meat Institute’s reporting strategy, to unpack the newly updated Meat Institute Reporting framework and what it means for packers, processors, and the wider meat and poultry supply chain.

We walk through how the framework started as a proactive way to gather credible, sector-wide data on priorities like animal welfare, food safety, worker safety, environmental performance, and sustai...