EXHIBIT 99.1


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                                  PRESS RELEASE
                                September 3, 1996




     Dr. Dennis B. Longmire, Chairman of Darling International Inc. ("Darling"),
and James B. Stevens, President of International Processing Corporation ("IPC"),
announced  today  that  Darling  has  acquired  100% of the stock of IPC for $30
million in cash.


         Darling, the largest food waste recycling company in the United States,
recycles  restaurant  grease  and  meat  processing  by-products  into  finished
products used primarily by oleo-chemical and animal feed manufacturers.  Darling
had sales for the twelve  months ended June 30, 1996 of $433.4  million.  IPC is
the  largest  processor  in the  United  States of  by-products  collected  from
bakeries,  pasta manufacturers,  confectioners and snack food producers, and had
sales for the twelve months ended June 30, 1996 of $71.3 million.  Although both
Darling and IPC  presently  sell to the animal feed  industry,  the products IPC
sells to that industry will be a new line of business for Darling.


     Dr. Longmire  stated that he believes the two businesses are  complementary
and that the combined  company should be able to more  efficiently sell enhanced
products to the animal feed industry.  Mr. Stevens will continue as President of
IPC,  which will continue  current  operations as a  wholly-owned  subsidiary of
Darling.



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