FSA plan to use stakeholder responses to help inform Government in its negotiations on the proposal which was adapted by the European Commission on the 30th January 2008.
The UFU explained the need for mandatory country of origin labelling for all food products across all sectors.
UFU President, Graham Furey said: "We believe that mandatory origin labelling would be of great benefit to consumers and our local industry.
"Origin of food is increasingly important to consumers and we feel that all food needs to be appropriately labelled to enable informed purchasing decisions and help improve traceability up the supply chain.
"Consumers have the right to have the choice of buying food reared to high standards on local farms".
There is growing evidence suggesting wide variations in origin labelling practises which are often unclear and misleading. A recent BBC investigation found that one in five samples of "local" or "British" labelled meat, from 40 pubs and restaurants in the south west of England, proved to be foreign.
"Our concern is that in the absence of any other label, consumers make assumptions about origin that are false. These can be based on ID codes, brand, retailer, packaging etc. This can potentially compromise the ability of local producers to benefit from any interest consumers have in where their food comes from".
The UFU has always considered it an anomaly that existing EU food labelling regulations for beef only apply to retail products, but not beef destined for the food service sector.
Consumers have the right to know where their food comes from, whether purchased in a retail outlet or consumed in a food service outlet.
"We commend the authorities in the Republic of Ireland for being proactive and advancing legislation which ensures the country of origin of beef used in the food service sector is available to the consumers. Indeed, the Republic of Ireland is now applying to extend their beef labelling scheme to other meats.
"We have asked government to implement similar legislation for NI and have been disappointed with progress on this issue.
"We recognise legal problems that have arisen with EU legislation relating to Northern Ireland's position as a region but it is nonsensical that EU legislation, designed to improve consumer information should hamper our attempts to do just that."