“Generally in kashrus circles, when you say Badatz, you mean Badatz Eidah haChareidis”
“Maybe in kashrus circles.
But in laymen’s circles, lots of people think Badatz = good hechsher, whereas it is really meaningless.”
Meno, that is a very important point. It used to be that the term Badatz was only used for “Chareidi” hashgachos (by which I mean the non-Rabbanut hashgachos). I don’t remember if it was only Eidah or all non-Rabbanut hashgachos.
Today, the Rabbanut hashgachos call themselves “Badatz” since Badatz just means “Beis Din Tzedek”. Some people get confused by this and think that a place has a Chareidi hashgacha when it doesnt.