Report of food hand out (4)
I believe the answer is:
mete
'hand out' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'report of food' is the wordplay.
'report of' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'food' becomes 'meat' (meat is a kind of food).
'meat' sounds like 'METE'.
(Other definitions for mete that I've seen before include "To - out is to dispense (eg, justice)" , "Administer or bestow, as in small portions" , "Dole (out)" , "Dish (out)" , "Apportion" .)