8 month old marble cake- no mold!

Hi folks,

Would you believe that I ate a slice of gluten free marble cake the other day that had expired over 8 months ago but I had only bought it 2 days prior? It's true and I did not get sick. I bought this little marble cake loaf as I saw it was baked in the  decorative paper bakeware and wanted to see how it tasted, looked and was packaged since I am experimenting with these paper bakeware molds myself.

I had no idea it had expired until I ate the slice, thought it tasted stale but wondered uh maybe that was how gluten free products tasted (I don't normally buy things made w/ rice flour, nothing against it, just no experience eating it). Then I saw a date written in the European fashion with day first, then mo, then year (2014), but it did not say "best by" or "expires" in front of the date. Well, the next day I called the company that produces the cake (they are imported to IL from Europe) and they confirmed the cake had expired over 8 months ago and asked me where I bought it. I said this supermarket often sells expired goods but I didn't bother to check this product on that day before I put it in my cart. They are sending their reps to this specific market to look at their old marble cakes as they don't want this kind of outdated product being sold.

I asked her how in the world the cake could still look so good, have no mold on it etc., She said their products are not made with preservatives but the packaging sucks out all the oxygen and is done in a "modified atmosphere." Amazing. I am just glad I didn't get sick with eggs as the first ingredient! But, really the market manager should be fired. Over 8 months expired, but still there for sale. Am I the only one who comes home from the market with expired products on a very regular basis or is this happening to everyone? I can't tell you how often I go back to markets to return expired products.