US land-based shrimp company Tru Shrimp secured its first contract with seafood distributor The Fish Guys on Sept. 17 for 500 pounds of the shrimp.

The company was also granted a license to process, package, freeze and distribute shrimp from an Agriculture Utilization Research Institute (AURI) food production plant, which is registered by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Earlier in June, the company said it delayed plans to start the construction of its first facility in South Dakota because capital raising was still in process.