I recently saw a teudat kashrut on a restaurant that was from Rabbanut Mehadrin (Bet Shemesh) but it also detailed exactly what products the restaurant uses - it said the restaurant uses meats under the hechsher of Rav Rubin, vegetables "Gush Katif", etc...
The Rabbanut of Bet Shemesh (Mehadrin) was certifying that this restaurant was really using "better" products, "higher hechsher" products, so people who want specifically those products could rest assured that this is what was being used.
While I thought this was somewhat unusual, I didn't remember seeing it before in such detail, I did think it would be helpful for some people who look for specific meats and might rely on the Rabbanut Mehadrin hechsher to state that, while other people might decide that if they rely on Rav Rubin hechsher alone, they will not rely on this type of a certificate. To each his own, but at least it would be helpful to some people.
The Rabbanut just recently announced that such kashrut certificates are the new version of their teudat kashrut. Chief Rabbi Rav Yitzchak Yosef instructed the Rabbanut to no longer just say a restaurant is kosher or kosher lmehadrin, but to give more details, such as regarding the level of kashrut and "chalak" of the meat, details of the food being bishul yisrael.source: Srugim
More information is always good. The consumer need not be overwhelmed by information that will confuse him or her, but an informed consumer is always a good thing.
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