Darling International Inc. announced today that it will release its third quarter 2007 financial results after the market closes on November 8, 2007 and will host a conference call at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time (9:00 a.m. Central Time) on November 9, 2007 to provide additional details about the company's results.

To listen to the conference call, participants calling from within North America may dial 888-200-4690; international participants may dial 973-935-8767. Please call approximately ten minutes before the start of the call to ensure that you are connected. The call will also be available as a live audio webcast that can be accessed on the company website at http://www.darlingii.com/investors/investors.asp or http://www.earnings.com/.

Following its completion, a replay of the call can be accessed until November 23, 2007 by dialing 877-519-4471 or 973-341-3080 outside of North America. The access code for the replay is 9420512. The conference call will also be archived on the company's website for seven days.

About Darling

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 and oleo-chemical manufacturers around the world. In addition, the Company provides grease trap collection services and sells equipment to restaurants.

  MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
  John O. Muse, Executive Vice President of
    Finance and Administration, or
  Brad Phillips, Treasurer

  251 O'Connor Ridge Blvd., Suite 300
  Irving, Texas 75038
  Phone:  972-717-0300

First Call Analyst:
FCMN Contact: mcuneo@joelefrank.com

SOURCE: Darling International Inc.