Darling Ingredients Inc. Reports On Diamond Green Diesel Incident

IRVING, Texas, Aug. 4, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Darling Ingredients Inc. (NYSE: DAR) today reports that at approximately 9:35 pm on August 3, 2014, there was a fire at the Diamond Green Diesel (DGD) facility in Norco, LA, the Company's joint venture with Valero Energy Corporation.  Emergency response (ERT) members provided an immediate response and the source of the fire has been isolated, contained and extinguished. All personnel have been accounted for and there are no reported injuries and no known impact to the community. The facility has been shut down, and DGD's investigation into the cause of the fire is underway. Further details will be released as they are determined. 

About Darling

Darling Ingredients Inc. is the world's largest publicly-traded developer and producer of sustainable natural ingredients from edible and inedible bio-nutrients, creating a wide range of ingredients and customized specialty solutions for customers in the pharmaceutical, food, pet food, feed, technical, fuel, bioenergy and fertilizer industries.  With operations on five continents, the Company collects and transforms all aspects of animal by-product streams into useable and specialty ingredients, such as gelatin, edible fats, feed-grade fats, animal proteins and meals, plasma, pet food ingredients, organic fertilizers, yellow grease, fuel feedstocks, green energy, natural casings and hides.  The Company also recovers and converts used cooking oil and commercial bakery residuals into valuable feed and fuel ingredients.  In addition, the Company provides grease trap services to food service establishments, environmental services to food processors and sells restaurant cooking oil delivery and collection equipment. For additional information, visit the Company's website at http://ir.darlingii.com.

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