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Exhibit 99.1

NEWS RELEASE

For Immediate Release

DARLING INTERNATIONAL INC. ANNOUNCES

ACQUISITION OF RENDERING AND GREASE COLLECTION BUSINESS

January 4, 2010 – IRVING, TEXAS – Darling International Inc. (NYSE: DAR) today announced that it has completed its acquisition of certain rendering, grease collection and trap servicing business from Sanimax USA Inc. The acquisition includes all of Sanimax’s rendering, grease collection and trap servicing business in the States of Indiana and Ohio, including facilities located in Kendallville, Indiana and Cleveland, Ohio. In addition, Darling acquired certain of Sanimax’s collection routes in the State of Pennsylvania and the lower part of the State of Michigan. Darling International Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Randall Stuewe said, “We are pleased to have the opportunity to add these businesses to our portfolio. The addition of these processing locations and routes will help us fill out our national footprint and better serve our customers.”

Darling International Inc. is the largest publicly traded, food processing by-products recycling company in the United States. The Company recycles used restaurant cooking oil and by-products from the beef, pork and poultry processing industries into useable products such as tallow, feed-grade fats, meat and bone meal and hides. These products are primarily sold to agricultural, leather, oleo-chemical and bio-diesel manufacturers around the world. In addition, the Company provides grease trap collection services and sells equipment to restaurants.

For additional information, visit the Company’s web site at http://www.darlingii.com.

{This media release contains forward-looking statements regarding the business operations and prospects of Darling and industry factors affecting it. These statements are identified by words such as "may," "will," " begin, " " look forward, " "expect," "believe," "intend," "anticipate," "should", "estimate," “continue," “momentum” and other words referring to events to occur in the future. These statements reflect Darling's current view of future events and are based on its assessment of, and are subject to, a variety of risks and uncertainties beyond its control, including the continued disturbances in world financial, credit, commodities and stock markets, a decline in consumer confidence and discretionary spending, the general performance of the U.S. economy, and global demands for bio-fuels and grain and oilseed commodities, which have exhibited volatility, each of which could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. Other risks and uncertainties regarding Darling, its business and the industry in which it operates are referenced from time to time in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Darling is under no obligation to (and expressly disclaims any such obligation to) update or alter its forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.}

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FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
John O. Muse, Executive Vice President of		251 O’Connor Ridge Blvd., Suite 300
Finance and Administration, or		Irving, Texas 75038
Brad Phillips, Treasurer		Phone: 972-717-0300

Delaware		001-13323			36-2495346
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)			(IRS Employer Identification No.)

		DARLING INTERNATIONAL INC.

Date: January 4, 2010	By:	/s/ John O. Muse
		John O. Muse
		Executive Vice President,
		Finance and Administration

Item 8.01		Other Events.
		On December 31, 2009, Darling International Inc. (the “Company”) completed an acquisition of certain rendering, grease collection and trap servicing business from Sanimax USA Inc. (“Sanimax”). The acquisition included all of Sanimax’s rendering, grease collection and trap servicing business in the States of Indiana and Ohio, including facilities located in Kendallville, Indiana and Cleveland, Ohio. In addition, the Company acquired certain of Sanimax’s collection routes in the State of Pennsylvania and the lower part of the State of Michigan. The Company does not consider the acquisition to be material to its financial position or results of operation. A copy of the press release announcing the acquisition is filed as Exhibit 99.1 .

	99.1	Press Release dated January 4, 2010.