DEUT1315 Workers handling produce shall not take more than they eat. See [[DEUT1308]] Deuteronomy 23:25 eat CHINUCH 367-8. Although such behavior on the part of laborers is actually theft and the Torah already forbids theft, the Torah adds this precept because workers might rationalize and think that such behavior is not sinful. They might imagine that since the employer sees a bountiful harvest, he will not be particular if his workers take of it even in substantial amounts. Therefore, out of His great kindness, Hashem adds a specific prohibition to his Torah, to save workers from stealing.