Related for Demai 3:1

מַאֲכִילִין אֶת הָעֲנִיִּים דְּמַאי, וְאֶת הָאַכְסַנְיָא דְּמַאי. רַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל הָיָה מַאֲכִיל אֶת פּוֹעֲלָיו דְּמַאי. גַּבָּאֵי צְדָקָה, בֵּית שַׁמַּאי אוֹמְרִים, נוֹתְנִין אֶת הַמְעֻשָּׂר לְשֶׁאֵינוֹ מְעַשֵּׂר, וְאֶת שֶׁאֵינוֹ מְעֻשָּׂר לִמְעַשֵּׂר. נִמְצְאוּ כָל הָאָדָם אוֹכְלִין מְתֻקָּן. וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים, גּוֹבִין סְתָם וּמְחַלְּקִין סְתָם, וְהָרוֹצֶה לְתַקֵּן יְתַקֵּן:

One may feed poor people Demai [produce from which it is uncertain if tithes were already taken], and the guest Demai. Rabban Gamliel would feed his employees Demai. Concerning charity collectors, the school of Shammai say that one gives tithed produce to those who do not tithe and untithed produce to those who do tithe: this way, everybody eats fixed [tithed] produce. The sages say, one simply takes and simply distributes, and he who wants to fix will fix.

Tosefta Demai

A chaver that was selling [produce] in abundance and [which] was tithed, and he was assigned something that was Demai, he needs to inform [the purchaser] because everything that is Demai, one needs to inform. Rabban Gamliel used to feed his workers Demai (see Dem. 3:1), and he let them know. But if a homeowner [has already] informed them about the same type [of produce (i.e., that he subsequently sells or provides them)], then he doesn't need to inform them [again].

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