Following the incident of a toddler suffering a severe allergic reaction to peanuts on board a Singapore Airlines flight, the national carrier is reviewing the serving of nuts to passengers.

Australian media reported that a young boy's family had requested a nut-free meal for a recent Melbourne-bound flight.

However, the child felt unwell, as his eyes began to swell and he started vomiting, after passengers around him opened packets of peanuts, which had been served to them as a snack.

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SIA has confirmed the incident, saying it occurred on Wednesday, July 19, on board flight SQ217 from Singapore to Melbourne.

The crew then immediately removed all packets of peanuts from the area around the affected passenger and his family and suspended the service of peanuts in the Economy class cabin for the remainder of the flight.

At that point, they were only in the first hour of a seven-hour journey.

The parents were carrying four pens of adrenaline, and other anti-allergy medication, which they used to keep their child's allergic reaction under control.

The condition, anaphylaxis, is an allergy towards peanuts.

SIA said: "Following the incident, we are reviewing the serving of nuts on board our flights."

Customers with nut allergies can request a nut-free meal when making their booking with SIA, or at least 48 hours before their flight.

Some airlines, such as Qantas, have banned peanuts from all flights, while others such as JetBlue have created a nut-free buffer zone around the individual with allergies.

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