IRVING, Texas, Aug. 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Darling International Inc. (NYSE: DAR) today reports that after a successful startup of Diamond Green Diesel (DGD), the Company's joint venture with Valero Energy Corporation to produce renewable diesel, and initial achievement of nameplate continuous production of approximately 9,300 barrels per day, DGD has determined that a heat exchanger must be replaced to improve the plant's reliability under actual process conditions. DGD will continue to operate during the replacement of the heat exchanger, which is expected to be completed by mid-October, but thru put rates will be lowered to approximately 5000-7000 barrels per day during this time period. According to DGD, the installation of this heat exchanger is expected to help it achieve improved production rates in the long term.

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Darling International Inc. is the largest and only publicly traded provider of rendering and bakery residuals recycling solutions to the nation's food industry. The Company recycles beef, poultry and pork by-product streams into useable ingredients such as tallow, feed-grade fats, meat and bone meal, poultry meal and hides. The Company also recovers and converts used cooking oil and commercial bakery residuals into valuable feed and fuel ingredients. These products are primarily sold to agricultural, pet food, leather, oleo-chemical and biodiesel manufacturers around the world. In addition, the Company provides grease trap collection services and sells used cooking oil collection equipment to restaurants. For additional information, visit the Company's website at http://www.darlingii.com.

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		For More Information, contact:
		Melissa A. Gaither, Director Investor Relations	251 O'Connor Ridge Blvd., Suite 300
			Irving, Texas 75038
			Phone: 972-717-0300

	DARLING INTERNATIONAL INC.


Date: August 27, 2013	By:	/s/ John F. Sterling
		John F. Sterling
		Executive Vice President and General Counsel