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            <rptOwnerName>BECKHAM ROBERT J</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
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            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>BEDFORD</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10506</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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			<isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
			<isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
			<isOther>0</isOther>
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	</reportingOwner>
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		<nonDerivativeTransaction>
			<securityTitle>
				<value>Common Stock</value>
			</securityTitle>
			<transactionDate>
				<value>2003-11-01</value>
			</transactionDate>
			<deemedExecutionDate>
			</deemedExecutionDate>
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				<equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
				<footnoteId id="F1"/>
			</transactionCoding>
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				</transactionShares>
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				</transactionPricePerShare>
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				</transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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				</sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
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				</natureOfOwnership>
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				<value>Common Stock Option</value>
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				<value>8.4000</value>
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			<exerciseDate>
				<value>2004-05-31</value>
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			<expirationDate>
				<value>2013-05-30</value>
			</expirationDate>
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				<underlyingSecurityTitle>
					<value>Common Stock</value>
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		<footnote id="F2">Options granted under E-Z-EM's Directors and Consultants Stock Option Plan.</footnote>
	</footnotes>
	<remarks>
	</remarks>
	<ownerSignature>
		<signatureName>By: Joseph A. Cacchioli, as Attorney-In-Fact</signatureName>
		<signatureDate>2003-11-04</signatureDate>
	</ownerSignature>
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4
2003-11-01
0
0000727008
EZ EM INC
EZM
0001235633
BECKHAM ROBERT J
47 BROOK FARM ROAD
BEDFORD
NY
10506
1
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0
0
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2003-11-01
4
A
0
1000
0
A
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D
Common Stock Option
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2004-05-31
2013-05-30
Common Stock
1000
1000
D
Director compensation in the form of a Restricted Stock Grant.
Options granted under E-Z-EM's Directors and Consultants Stock Option Plan.
By: Joseph A. Cacchioli, as Attorney-In-Fact
2003-11-04