SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

        Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) February 9, 1999
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                           Darling International Inc.
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               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


         Delaware                       0-24620                  36-2495346
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      (State or Other               (Commission File            (IRS Employer
      Jurisdiction of                    Number)             Identification No.)
      Incorporation)




     251 O'Connor Ridge Blvd., Suite 300, Irving, Texas            75038
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         (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                (Zip Code)


        Registrant's telephone number, including area code (972) 717-0300
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                                 Not Applicable
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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)


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Item 5.  Other Events
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         Darling  International  Inc.  (the  "Company")  entered  into  a  Stock
Purchase  Agreement  dated as of February 9, 1999 (the  "Agreement")  with Scope
Products, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Scope Industries, pursuant to which
the Company agreed to sell all the issued and outstanding stock of the Company's
bakerage  by-product  subsidiary,   International  Processing  Corporation,  and
related  subsidiaries for a total  consideration  of twenty-two  million dollars
($22,000,000).  Two million dollars ($2,000,000) of the total consideration will
be deposited in an escrow account to cover certain post-closing  adjustments and
the Company's  indemnification  obligations under the Agreement.  The closing of
the transaction is subject to certain conditions, including receipt of necessary
approvals  under  the  Hart-Scott-Rodino  Act.  Accordingly,  there  can  be  no
assurance  that the  conditions  to closing  will be  satisfied or waived by the
parties or that the sale will be consummated.

         The  Company  released a press  release  announcing  the  Agreement  on
February 10,  1999. A copy of the press  release has been filed with this report
as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 7.  Exhibits
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99.1     Press Release dated February 10, 1999


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                                    SIGNATURE

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended,  the  registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



                                          DARLING INTERNATIONAL INC.


Date:  February 18, 1999              By: /s/ Dennis B. Longmire
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                                         Name:   Dennis B. Longmire
                                         Title:  Chief Executive Officer


                                      By: /s/ John O. Muse
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                                         Name:   John O. Muse
                                         Title:  Chief Financial Officer


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                                 EXHIBITS INDEX


Exhibit
Number                            Description
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99.1         Press Release dated February 10, 1999


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