Related for Demai 6:11

אהַמּוֹכֵר פֵּרוֹת בְּסוּרְיָא, וְאָמַר מִשֶּׁל אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל הֵן, חַיָּב לְעַשֵּׂר. מְעֻשָּׂרִין הֵן, נֶאֱמָן, שֶׁהַפֶּה שֶׁאָסַר הוּא הַפֶּה שֶׁהִתִּיר. מִשֶּׁלִּי הֵן, חַיָּב לְעַשֵּׂר, מְעֻשָּׂרִין הֵן, נֶאֱמָן, שֶׁהַפֶּה שֶׁאָסַר הוּא הַפֶּה שֶׁהִתִּיר. וְאִם יָדוּעַ שֶׁיֶּשׁ לוֹ שָׂדֶה אֶחָד בְּסוּרְיָא, חַיָּב לְעַשֵּׂר:

One who sells fruit in Syria and says: "These [fruits] are from the Land of Israel", one must tithe [the purchased fruit]. [If the seller says:] "Tithes have been taken from these [fruits]", he is trusted, as the mouth which caused the prohibition [by saying they are from Israel and therefore require tithes] is the mouth which made them permitted [by saying that tithes have already been taken]. [If the seller says:] "They are mine", one must tithe. [If the seller says:] "They have been tithed", he is trusted, as the mouth which caused the prohibition is the mouth which made them permitted. However, if it is known that he [the seller] has a field in Syria, one must tithe.

Tosefta Demai

[Produce purchased in] Cheziv [=Achziv, a town in northern Israel] alone is exempt from Demai (cf. Dem. 1:3). [But] the presumption is that [produce purchased elsewhere in] the Land of Israel is liable, unless it is known [with certainty] that it is exempt. [Conversely] the presumption is that [produced purchased] outside the Land of Israel is exempt until it is known [with certainty] that it is liable. [One who purchases produce from] Israelite landowners [who are presently residing] in Syria need not separate Demai [for the purpose of tithing], but if it is known that the majority of the produce is theirs (i.e., grown on their land in Israel), behold, it is liable.

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