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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-13-048097
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20130827
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20130827
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20130827

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DARLING INTERNATIONAL INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000916540
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	FATS & OILS [2070]
		IRS NUMBER:				362495346
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1208

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-13323
		FILM NUMBER:		131063640

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		251 O CONNOR RIDGE BLVD
		STREET 2:		STE 300
		CITY:			IRVING
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75038
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9727170300

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		251 OCONNOR RIDGE BLVD
		STREET 2:		#300
		CITY:			IRVING
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75038
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>CURRENT
REPORT</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">Date of report (Date of earliest event
reported)<U> August 27, 2013&#9;</U></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>DARLING INTERNATIONAL INC.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>251
O&rsquo;CONNOR RIDGE BLVD., SUITE 300, IRVING, TEXAS 75038</B></P>

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following provisions (<I>see </I>General Instruction A.2. below):</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-indent: -1in"><B>Item 8.01&#9;Other Events.</B></P>

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27, 2013, Darling International Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) issued a press release containing an operational update with respect
to Diamond Green Diesel, the Company&rsquo;s joint venture with Valero Energy Corporation to produce renewable diesel.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>(d)&#9;Exhibits.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">99.1&#9;Press release dated August 27, 2013.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</P>

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<p style="text-align:center"><b>Darling International Inc. Updates On Diamond Green Diesel</b></p></div><div style="width:100%;margin-left:10pt;"><div style="margin:0;margin-top:16pt;"><p>IRVING, Texas, Aug. 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Darling International Inc. (NYSE: DAR)<b> </b>today reports that after a successful startup of Diamond Green Diesel (DGD), the Company&#39;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&#39;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.  </p><p>(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130806/DA58840LOGO)</p><p>Darling International Inc. is the largest and only publicly traded provider of rendering and bakery residuals recycling solutions to the nation&#39;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&#39;s website at http://www.darlingii.com. </p><div>
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and are based on its assessment of, and are subject to, a variety of risks and uncertainties beyond its control, including risks associated with closing its acquisition of the Rothsay business unit of Maple Leaf Foods, Inc., disturbances in world financial, credit, commodities, stock markets and climatic conditions; unanticipated changes in national and international regulations affecting the Company&#39;s products; a decline in consumer confidence and discretionary spending;&#160; the general performance of the U.S. and global economies;&#160; global demands for bio-fuels and grain and oilseed commodities, which have exhibited volatility, and can impact the cost of feed for cattle, hogs, and poultry, thus affecting available rendering feedstock; risks associated with the renewable diesel plant in Norco, Louisiana owned and operated by a joint venture between Darling International and
Valero Energy Corporation, including possible unanticipated operating disruptions; risks relating to possible third party claims on intellectual property infringement; economic disruptions resulting from the European debt crisis; and continued or escalated conflict in the Middle East, each of which could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. Other risks and uncertainties regarding Darling International, its business and the industry in which it operates are referenced from time to time in the Company&#39;s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.&#160; Darling International 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.}</font></font></p></td></tr></table></div></div><p>
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<br /></td><td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 1pt; BORDER-LEFT: 1pt; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 6pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt"><p style="MARGIN: 0in"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;color:black"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">Melissa A. Gaither, Director Investor Relations </font></font></p></td><td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 1pt; BORDER-LEFT: 1pt; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 6pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt"><p style="MARGIN: 0in"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;color:black"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">251 O&#39;Connor Ridge Blvd., Suite 300</font></font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 1pt; BORDER-LEFT: 1pt; PADDING-LEFT: 6pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 6pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt">
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