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"How do you like your burger? Medium? Medium-rare? If you said the latter and you live in London, you might soon find yourself forced by law to change your order.   Westminster council in London, England, is cracking down on restaurants that serve burgers cooked rare to medium-rare. They say those under-cooked patties raise food safety concerns. The Standard reports that several high profile chefs&amp;#039; burgers, including Hell&amp;#039;s Kitchen host Gordon Ramsay&amp;#039;s, will be under scrutiny the next time the health inspector arrives. According to the paper, one London restaurant, Davy&amp;#039;s, which serves a $22 burger, has been warned for serving meat below the desired temperature. The restaurant has since filed a lawsuit against the council \u2014 once the case it heard, it could determine the future of medium-rare and rare orders. More From Delish: The Country&amp;#039;s Best Bacon Burgers Davy&amp;#039;s defends its burger explaining that the meat is of the utmost quality and that they have &amp;quot;safe measures in place to serve rare or medium-rare burgers.&amp;quot; While the city council&amp;#039;s food health and safety manager, James Armitage, said that &amp;quot;strict controls are essential&amp;quot; when it comes to customers&amp;#039; meat. The council has even enlisted the top expert on E. coli to help defend their case. The high-end burger trend that the U.S. has seen as of late was gaining traction in London. Several top restaurateurs have opened outlets across the pond \u2014 which means American chefs may soon be under fire. Celebrity chef Daniel Boulud opened his Bar Boulud inside the Mandarin Oriental to rave reviews. The eatery serves his popular burgers, like The Frenchie, a premium patty topped with pork belly confit; The Piggie, which is topped with barbecued pulled pork and green chili mayo; and The Yankee, a classic beef burger with all the fixins. Just last month Danny Meyer revealed that a Shake Shack location will open in London in 2013. More From Delish: The 25 Best Burgers in the U.S. Anyone who remembers the constant media coverage of Mad Cow disease outbreaks (Bovine spongiform encephalopahty) might not find it all that surprising that England&amp;#039;s eyebrows have been raised when it comes to undercooked meat. The UK suffered the worst repercussions following a BSE outbreak. More than 180,000 cattle were infected and 4.4 million head were slaughtered to rid the country of the disease. However, many chefs don&amp;#039;t think burgers are a cause for alarm and fear that a ban on medium-rare to rare burgers would effectively end the burger industry in the UK. Do you think the government should have a say on how you get your burger cooked?  Find more great food content on Delish: Search for the perfect recipe from our homepage Find out the latest food news Get a recipe book to save your favorite dishes Sign up for our free newsletters Check us out on Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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