The Microban Judgment is a ground-breaking Judgment in the field of access to justice, which has attracted interest not only from food law specialists, but also from general EU law researchers. Whilst dealing with a technical Regulation on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food, this Judgment has addressed other more far reaching issues, as the meaning of regulatory acts. The legal criteria set out in the Microban Judgment for definition of regulatory act can be considered as settled case law, being recently confirmed by the General Court. The Microban Judgment adds to a long list of important case-law in the field of Community law on food and foodstuffs. We believe that this highlights the importance of the food sector in the EU.