Commentary for Bava Metzia 111:2

אמר רב יוסף אע"פ שמיקל רבי מאיר בפדיונו מחמיר הוא באכילתו דתניא לא התירו למכור דמאי אלא לסיטון בלבד ובעל הבית בין כך ובין כך צריך לעשר דברי ר' מאיר

— R. Joseph replied: Though R. Meir is more lenient in regard to its redemption, he is stricter in regard to the eating thereof.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Either he is stricter than the Rabbis (Tosaf.); or he is as strict in regard to demai as in respect of certain tithe. — Our Mishnah treats of the eating thereof. ');">³</span> For it has been taught: Only the wholesaler was permitted to sell <i>demai</i>,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Without first tithing it, for since it is known that a wholesaler buys from many people, including those who are lax in tithing, no person who is particular will eat of what the wholesaler sells without first tithing it. But a retailer must tithe demai before he sells it. ');">⁴</span>

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