IRVING, Texas, March 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Darling International Inc. (NYSE: DAR) announced today that management will present at the 2nd Annual J.P. Morgan Global Protein Conference to be held on Tuesday, March 27, 2012, in New York City. Randall C. Stuewe, Darling's Chief Executive Officer, is scheduled to present at 2:45 p.m. EDT. 

The investor presentation will be webcast and accessible via the Investor Relations section of the Company's web site at http://www.darlingii.com/investors.aspx.

The J.P. Morgan Global Protein Conference is a one-day event that provides investors with the opportunity to explore key industry trends and individual company strategies through formal presentations, one-on-one and group meetings with leading companies.

Darling International Inc. is the largest and only publicly traded, provider of rendering and bakery waste recycling solutions to the nation's food industry.  The Company recycles beef, pork, and poultry waste 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 waste to valuable feed and fuel ingredients.  These products are primarily sold to agricultural, pet food, leather, oleo-chemical and bio-diesel 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 web site at http://www.darlingii.com.

Contact: John O. Muse
Executive Vice President of Finance and Administration,
Brad Phillips, Treasurer, or
Melissa Gaither, Director of Investor Relations
972-717-0300

SOURCE Darling International Inc.