I remember years ago I used to frequent a website called opencongress.com and saw a law that was passed that made it illegal to store more food in your pantry that you could reasonably consume in a short time.

Things are coming into focus

they had to do things very slowly so we didn't revolt and we didn't notice.

Anti-Hoarding Laws Will Enable GOV To Take Your Food Storage

https://modernsurvivalblog.com/preps/anti-hoarding-laws-will-enable-gov-to-take-your-food-storage/