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    <periodOfReport>2004-10-30</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000727008</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>EZ EM INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>EZM</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001235661</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>PEACOCK JEFFREY S</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>1111 MARCUS AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE LL-26</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LAKE SUCCESS</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>110421034</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Senior VP - Global Scientific</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock Option</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>6.5550</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>1997-11-26</value>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2006-11-25</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>9682</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>9682</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value></value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Options granted under E-Z-EM's Employee Stock Option Plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Options are exercisable 50% per year commencing November 26, 1997.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">This option was previously reported as covering 10,609 shares at an exercise price of $10.1329 per share.  As a result of the spin-off by E-Z-EM, Inc. of AngioDynamics, Inc. on October 30, 2004, the exercise price was reduced to $6.5550 per share and the number of shares was reduced to 9,682, to maintain, together with AngioDynamics options granted to the reporting person, the economic value of the option before the spin-off.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>By: Joseph A. Cacchioli, as Attorney-In-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2004-11-02</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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4
2004-10-30
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0000727008
EZ EM INC
EZM
0001235661
PEACOCK JEFFREY S
1111 MARCUS AVENUE
SUITE LL-26
LAKE SUCCESS
NY
110421034
0
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0
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Senior VP - Global Scientific
Common Stock Option
6.5550
1997-11-26
2006-11-25
Common Stock
9682
9682
D
Options granted under E-Z-EM's Employee Stock Option Plan.
Options are exercisable 50% per year commencing November 26, 1997.
This option was previously reported as covering 10,609 shares at an exercise price of $10.1329 per share.  As a result of the spin-off by E-Z-EM, Inc. of AngioDynamics, Inc. on October 30, 2004, the exercise price was reduced to $6.5550 per share and the number of shares was reduced to 9,682, to maintain, together with AngioDynamics options granted to the reporting person, the economic value of the option before the spin-off.
By: Joseph A. Cacchioli, as Attorney-In-Fact
2004-11-02