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    <documentType>3/A</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2006-01-13</periodOfReport>

    <dateOfOriginalSubmission>2006-01-23</dateOfOriginalSubmission>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

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

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001350285</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Stern Linda B</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>23 WILLETS ROAD</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>OLD WESTBURY</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>115681522</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
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            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>100305</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
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            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
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                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value></value>
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            <securityTitle>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
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                    <value>As Executor/Beneficiary-H. Stern Estate</value>
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            </ownershipNature>
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                <value>Common Stock Option</value>
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                <value>5.82</value>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
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                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>1825.00</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock Option</value>
                <footnoteId id="F3"/>
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                <value>12.10</value>
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                <value>2005-05-29</value>
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                <value>2006-06-28</value>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
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                <value>Common Stock Option</value>
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                <value>12.66</value>
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            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2005-01-17</value>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2006-12-28</value>
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            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
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                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>24000.00</value>
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                    <value>As Executor/Beneficiary-H. Stern Estate</value>
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        </derivativeHolding>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock Option</value>
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                <value>14.68</value>
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                <value>2005-12-28</value>
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                <value>2006-12-28</value>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
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                    <value>4000.00</value>
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                    <value>I</value>
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                    <value>As Executor/Beneficiary-H. Stern Estate</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Amended to reclassify Linda Stern's ownership interest in 100,305 shares of common stock from indirect (as Executor/Beneficiary - Howard Stern Estate) to direct.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">On January 13, 2006, the Nassau County Surrogate's Court issued Letters Testamentary appointing Linda Stern, Howard S. Stern's wife, the executor of the H. Stern Estate under the last will and testament of Howard Stern (the ''H. Stern Will'').  Under the H. Stern Will, Mrs. Stern is a discretionary beneficiary of a ''credit shelter'' trust, the sole lifetime beneficiary of a ''QTIP'' trust, which is the beneficiary of one-half of Mr. Stern's residuary estate, and the direct outright beneficiary of the other-half of the residuary estate.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Options granted under E-Z-EM's Directors and Consultants Stock Option Plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Options granted under E-Z-EM's 2004 Stock and Incentive Award Plan.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>By: Joseph A. Cacchioli, as Attorney-In-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2006-05-23</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
