Talmud for Shabbat 255:17

רב הונא אמר מותר לטלטלו והא רב הונא תלמיד דרב הוה ורב כר' יהודה סבירא ליה דאית ליה מוקצה

if they were brought in for fuel, one must not draw on them [for food] on the Sabbath; [if brought in] as animal fodder, he may draw on them on the Sabbath; and he may break [it] with his hand and eat [thereof], provided that he does not break it with a utensil. And he may crush it and eat, provided that he does not crush a large quantity with a utensil: the words of R. Judah. But the Sages maintain: He may crush [it] with the tips of his fingers and eat, provided, however, that he does not crush a large quantity with his hands in the [same] way as he does on weekdays; the same applies to ammitha, the same applies to higgam [rue], and the same applies to other kinds of spices. What is ammitha? Ninya.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Jast.: Bishop's weed. Rashi: mint. ');"><sup>15</sup></span>

Jerusalem Talmud Shabbat

It was stated⁴²Babli 128a, Tosephta 14:8 (ed. Liebermann).: “One may move mustard seed because it is pigeon feed, and rue⁴³Gaonic identification (Gaonic commentary to Kelim 3:6). because it is food for gazelles, and glass⁴⁴Glass beads. because it is food for ostriches. Rebbi Nathan said, then one should be able to move shoots since elephants eat them⁴⁵Since Mishnah 2 explicitly prohibits moving bundles of shoots which are not intended as feed for domestic animals, the entire argument based on the feeding habits of wild animals is unacceptable. In the Tosephta he adds a principle: One may move potential food if and only if it was intended either as food or as feed.”.

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