; and (ii) require no further preparation to be consumed. (B) Inclusion The term prepared food includes ready-to-eat takeout foods and beverages described in subparagraph (A). (14) Retailer The term retailer means any person that sells, supplies, or offers to consumers covered polystyrene foam ware. 3. Ban on expanded polystyrene food service ware, loose fill, and coolers (a) Expanded polystyrene food service ware Beginning on January 1, 2026, no food service provider, manufacturer, distributor, or retailer shall sell, offer for sale, or distribute expanded polystyrene food service ware. (b) Expanded polystyrene loose fill and expanded polystyrene coolers Beginning on January 1, 2026, no manufacturer, distributor, or retailer shall sell, offer for sale, or distribute expanded polystyrene loose fill or expanded polystyrene coolers. 4. Enforcement (a) Written notification for first violation If a food service provider, manufacturer, distributor, or retailer violates section 3, the Administrator shall provide that food service provider, manufacturer, distributor, or retailer with written notification regarding the violation. (b) Subsequent violations (1) In general If a food service provider, manufacturer, distributor, or retailer, subsequent to receiving a written notification under subsection (a), violates section 3 again, the Administrator shall impose a civil penalty on the food service provider, manufacturer, distributor, or retailer in accordance with this subsection. (2) Amount of penalty For each violation described in paragraph (1), the amount of the civil penalty under that paragraph shall be— (A) in the case of the second violation, $250; (B) in the case of the third violation, $500; and (C) in the case of the fourth, and any subsequent, violation, $1,000. (3) Limitations (A) Food service providers